Shanghai'd

These rice terraces in Guangxi province of southern China are an incredible feat of agricultural engineering. Capturing this photo was no small feat either, having to tightrope this narrow, slippery mud ridge with my camera. Balancing in place with flooded rice fields awaiting my fall on both sides, I waited for the farmer to plant the end of his row and turn back into frame to eventually get the scene I wanted.


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