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Chocolate Hills


Chocolate Hills
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Copyright: Johannes Petrone (Peppe) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 12 W: 4 N: 45] (188)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-20
Categories: Rain Forest
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: f/2.7, 1/8 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Getaway Asia 2006
Theme(s): Geological Wonders [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-15 17:37
Viewed: 1122
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 kilometers². They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.

There is no natural formation like them in the world. From a distance, they look like half a ball grown out of the ground. The molehill-shaped and almost uniformly sized hills dot the landscape with green and brown.

The vegetation of the Chocolate Hills is dominated by hardy grass species.

(taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_Hills )

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I got up at dawn to watch the sunrise over the hills. However there was barely no sunrise, because of the clouds. But instead it formed kind of a spooky landscape, don't you think?
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Amazing scene.
Well captured. Good depth of focus throughout the image.

Gary

Hi Johannes
The Chocolate Hills are very interesting geological formations, they almost look like some sort of temple that has grown over with vegetation. I wonder what created these large hills. I wish the image was a bit brighter to so more detail and see further in the distance. :)
TFS Janice

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2084 W: 216 N: 3766] (12498)
  • [2007-02-16 5:35]

Hi again, Johannes

Another amazing landscape from you!
These truely are some very unusuall formations and i think it's nice to see something new on TN for a change...so thanks for sharing :)
The POV from up here is terrific and the perspective seems endless.
The composition is magnificent and the mood is impeccable.
Very good work again!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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