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THE RICE FARMER


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   ~ ~ THE RICE FARMER'S NEW GADGETS ~ ~
~ ~ THE RICE FARMER'S NEW GADGETS ~ ~


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During the rainy season in the Philippines, rice paddies are soaked with water for at least a month so that they can till and churn the Earth using the Water Buffalo, nowadays we use the Mechanized Tiller in preparing the soaked soil for planting the Rice Seedling, a very labor-intensive undertaking, to which I am very much aware of for I use to plant Rice the same way they are planting now.


Dominick M. Dimacale

 
 
 

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A very powerful portrait of life in Philippines. Thank you for sharing an educational story behind it. As usual, great POV!


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December 19, 2007

 

Barbara Waldoch
  Looks like very hard work. Wonderful shot, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 

Paul Michko
  Great capture of an intense job, Dominick.


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December 19, 2007

 

Manuel Barrera
  Never seen that before, Great capture and information, Dominick


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December 19, 2007

 

Yulianto Soeroso
  waw mechanic and farmer nice foto and when you come to my country indonesia hehehe regard


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December 19, 2007

 
- Su Sana E. P

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  A fantastic story telling image and capture, Dominick!! My father used to do it when I was little.


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December 19, 2007

 

Michelle Alton
  Superb slice of life photo, Dominick. All the better because it is a slice out of your very own life. Incredible story. Incredible photo. Good luck with this one!
Michelle


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December 19, 2007

 

Carol Sawyer
  Fantastic capture and information, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 

Mary K. Robison
  With your personal connection, and your composition here, Dominick, it must be easy (if that's the right word in this circumstance) to imagine your own face where the planter's face is...Thought-provoking photo and description.


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December 19, 2007

 

Margaret R. Barry
  Great POV and colors on this wonderful capture, Dominick. Fantastic story telling image!


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December 19, 2007

 

Nancy (Peaches) Harker
  Loved the story and love the photo. Super capture wiith super colors and pov!
Looks like hard work!


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December 19, 2007

 

Deb Koskovich
  Great capture, Dominick -- a very interesting glimpse into the life of another. And I agree, it sure does look like hard work!


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December 19, 2007

 

Alan L. Borror
  WOW!!! Great capture of another way of life, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 

Bill Wyatt
  A lot of mud here. I hope you had a long lens here.


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December 19, 2007

 

Tammy Scott
  Great storytelling image!


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December 19, 2007

 

Maureen M. Bisson
  Wonderful capture Dominick & thanks for the insight!


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December 19, 2007

 

Jim Huffield
  Wonderful image, Dominick. Jim


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December 19, 2007

 

Peggy J. Maguire
  Great capture Dominick....


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December 19, 2007

 

Carla Metzler
  Wonderful shot, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 
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  Outstanding capture and story Dominick! Great Job! Jeff


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December 19, 2007

 

Erin Appelbaum
  Great capture, Dominick. Peter


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December 19, 2007

 

Ray Thoms
  Tough life....great capture Dominick


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December 19, 2007

 
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  Great capture and story to go with it, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 
emptynestphotos.com - Agnes Fegan

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  Wonderful image Dominick...looks like hard work !!!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Janet McNeil

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  Looks like a scene out of National Geographic!! Lovely capture of this hard working man!!


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December 19, 2007

 

Bill Knaps
  Another great one Dominick....Bill


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December 19, 2007

 
- Kathryn (Love) Scheet

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  Dominick, thank you for the glimpse of another part of the world and their "farming" - this is very, very different than where I live in the midwest!

I think this is a great piece of photo journalism :)


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December 19, 2007

 

Mary Timman
  Oh my...looks intense and very hard work. Great action shot Dominick and a neat bit of history I have learned this morning.


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December 19, 2007

 

Michael Umbreit
  Dominick - Great capture and description! I have done some farm work in my past but nothing like that. Thanks once again for showing me other parts of the world! - Mike


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December 19, 2007

 

Denise M. Snyder
  I love your gallery Dominick... its like getting the chance to travel the world... fabulous portrait of this farmer!


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December 19, 2007

 

Joseph N. DiGilio
  This is a terrific image & story, Dominick. There are many back breaking ways to make a living and this is sure one of them. Thanks for the education.


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December 19, 2007

 

Yuntao Liu
  Such great capture! Thanks for the sharing Dominick! Yuntao


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December 19, 2007

 

Shannon D. Miller
  WOW! What an amazing capture Dominick, the clarity and colors are magnificent. You always seem to capture such touching moments! Love it! Shannon~


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December 19, 2007

 

Z. Banu
  Wow!!!!!!Amazing shot!!!Outstanding details,comp,colors,light,clarity.well done Dominick!Winner


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December 19, 2007

 

Jeana Clark
 
Looks like VERY hard work!!
Amazing capture Dominick!!
Fantastic details!!
WELL DONE!!

~J~


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December 19, 2007

 

Joy Rector
  awesome capture


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December 19, 2007

 
- Girish Vaghela

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  Awesome winner's capture, Dominick!!


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December 19, 2007

 

Beth J. Orick
  Wow Dominick! Thank you for the education! Wonderful capture! I think your talents are better served in the art's:)


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December 19, 2007

 

Milan Banik
  Dominick excellent sharing .


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December 19, 2007

 

Emily E. Bem
  We will be seeing this again....AWESOME treatment, clarity and COLOUR!


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December 19, 2007

 

frank w. degenhardt
  Dominick- This is so wonderful. It does look like hard work. Not only is the picture outstanding in color, composition, clarity, detail and lighting, but I thank you for the story behind what it takes to plant the rice and what they do.
Fasinating information that makes us aware of how easy we have it here.
Have a great day, take care of yourself, be safe


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December 19, 2007

 

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  What a beautiful documentive image. Clarity and colors are wonderful. Awesome job, Dominick :-)


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December 19, 2007

 
- Ken Smith

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  THat looks like tough work...excellent portrait, Dominick...perfect match of person and environment!


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December 19, 2007

 

Dr. Harmeet Singh
  Wonderful capture.


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December 19, 2007

 

JO ANN CLEVELAND
  Wow! Sure must be hard to plough through that as deep as it is!

Great capture, thanks for sharing the story about this method ~

jo ann c.


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December 19, 2007

 

Bill Houghton
  This is such a great shot Dominick. Good job. I hope that you and your family have a Merry Christmas. Bill

Check out my personal website at:

Bill Houghton Photography


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December 19, 2007

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Wonderful capture!!!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Fantastic image Dominick!!!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  Wonderful lines and colors in this very interesting image, Dominick. Should go on in either T&P or People, I think.


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December 19, 2007

 

Stephen Zacker
  Great capture of something I have never seen


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December 19, 2007

 

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna
  It looks like one of the dirtiest jobs there could be, Dominick!!!!! Superb capture!!!!! ♫ k


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December 19, 2007

 

Pamela Shane
  This has to be a winner Dominick; superb slice of life capture. Great color, & composition. :)


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December 19, 2007

 

Aimee S. McMaster
  ....excellent capture Dominick..Aimee


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December 19, 2007

 

Nadine A. Lewis
  WOW!!!! GREAT capture, Dominick and very interesting! <><


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December 19, 2007

 
- Guy D. Biechele

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  Terrific image Dominick. Well captured!


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December 19, 2007

 

Marina Moore
  Wonderful!!!! Great colors and comp. Awesome environmental portrait!!! :)


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December 19, 2007

 

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  Very cool Dominick!!! Rice is Nice!!!


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December 19, 2007

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Beautifully composed picture of this man hard at work with great lighting, color and terrific story to go with it, Dominick!!


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December 19, 2007

 

Candy Avera
  Wow! Now that's hard work. Very nicely captured.


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December 19, 2007

 

Karen Engelbreth
  Great capture and story, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 

Anita Hogue
  Wonderful capture, Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Claudia Kuhn

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  Wonderful working portrait Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 

Lorraine A. Cook
  Thank You for bring us this photo of a slice of daily life, Dominick!<:))


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December 19, 2007

 

Kathy Reeves
  Beautiful slice of life photo Dominick!


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December 19, 2007

 

Sandra R. Alvey
  Love the tone and color in this one Dominick! Very informative!! I never knew they had to do this kind of stuff to prepare the rice pattys! Awesome capture!


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December 19, 2007

 

eileen bedford
  Such a fantastic 'human interest' capture, love your info about it too. Well done Dominick...


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December 19, 2007

 
- Shirley Sicurello

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  I can believe this is very labor intensive work - very interesting image.


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December 19, 2007

 

Summer A. Kozisek
  Wonderful image Dominick, this one speaks volumes! Photojournalism at it's best!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Teresa Burnett

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  Wonderful capture Dominick!!! It's wonderful that you have shared that part of your life with us in your description!!!


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December 19, 2007

 

Eugenio Diaz
  Nice shot! Love the depth of focus and composition. The detail on it is fantastic.


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December 19, 2007

 

Jennifer L. Alder
  WONDERFUL, Dominick!!! :)


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December 19, 2007

 
- Evy Johansen

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  Wonderfl shot, Dominick!!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Robert K. Bemus

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  A great candid portrait, Dominick!!


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December 19, 2007

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  spectacular story telling capture Dominick!


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December 20, 2007

 
- Gail Sullivan

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  Hi Dominick...this is fantastic!!


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December 20, 2007

 

David Phalen
  Fantastic capture that reminds us of how hard some people have to work.


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December 20, 2007

 

Amber Kennedy
  superb!awesome image!


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December 20, 2007

 

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  These rotary hoes are killers to use, and must be doublely so in wet heavy soil and water... this shows us just how hard life is for others we don't often think about.. brilliant photo, comp, lighting and story Laney


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December 20, 2007

 

Judy Williams
  The focus and intense colors are perfection!!! Happy Holiday season to you.


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December 21, 2007

 

Betsy Labuschagne
  Excellent capture Dominick!!


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December 21, 2007

 

Dianna Hauf
  I am just shaking my head in awe!!! This too is an incredible POV and capture of intense concentration! What a job! Makes me appreciate eating my rice a whole lot more!!! :) Fabulous detailing and capture!!!

Merry Christmas to you and yours Dominick!


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December 22, 2007

 

Tressie Davis
  Great pov, fantastic image!!


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December 23, 2007

 

Corinne M. Thompson
  Growing up, we had rice with every dinner (altho my dad ate it with every meal, breakfast, lunch and dinner!). He used to tell us how rice was grown, but your picture tells it better than he ever did! THanks for capturing this so magnificently and sharing it with us! I'm enjoying seeing what life is like in the PI thru your captures!


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December 23, 2007

 

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  Great image, Dominick.
How interesting to read about it too!


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December 24, 2007

 
- Carol Quina

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  Nice shot!


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June 26, 2012

 
- Lydia Williams

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  Quite a gadget, Dominick...great capture on this one...congratulations on your finalist...well done!


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July 30, 2012

 

Rona L. Schwarz
  Thank you, Dominick, for educating us through your art about life that is very different from ours in North America. And thank you too, for sharing from your own life - that makes it extra special. Congratulations on a superb finalist!


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July 30, 2012

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  Congratulations again!


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July 30, 2012

 

Lorna Shutter
  CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this fabulous image, Dominick!!!!! Wonderful work!!! :)
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July 30, 2012

 
- Ann Coates

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  Congratulations on another fabulous finalist Dominick.


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July 30, 2012

 

Yulianto Soeroso
  Congratulation for finalis


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July 30, 2012

 

Katarina Mansson
  Great storyteller and MT entry. Congratulations on this and your other fantastic finalists this month Dominick!


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July 31, 2012

 
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  Congratulations, Dominick!


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July 31, 2012

 
- Becky J. Parkinson

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  Wonderful real life image, Dominick!! A deserving finalist and a poignant photo.


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July 31, 2012

 
- Michele Peterson

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  This is great, Dominick. I love the story-telling feel of the image, as well as the actual story in the description. Wonderful and well deserved finalist! Congratulations!!


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August 01, 2012

 
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