Mud Hut painted with red clay soil and the bo

© Deba Prasad Roy

Mud Hut painted with red clay soil and the bo

Uploaded: April 20, 2015 03:06:10 | Entered: April 20, 2015 03:13:51

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Camera: Nikon D200 Check out Nikon Nation!
Lens: 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Recording media: JPEG (digital)
Focal Length: 30mm
Lens Max Aperture: f/4.1
Aperture: f/10.0
Shutter Speed: 1/60sec
Exposure Comp: +2/3
ISO: 100
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
Flash: No Flash
White Balance: Auto
Description:How the huts were made? The huts- made of local materials. Timber, bamboo, clay, straw, cow dung, and a special variety of grass. The walls-made of a special type of mud obtained by souring earth by adding vegetable waste and leaving it to mature . The decaying waste produced tannic acid and other organic colloids,improving the mud’s plasticity. This mud was then mixed with cow dung, chopped straw, and gravel or stones to make the raw material for the walls. The walls were formed by applying a thick coat of the mixture on both sides of bamboo mesh that wrapped around the posts . The walls were approximately 450 mm (18 inches) thick and b

Exif: F Number: 10, Exposure Bias Value: 0.67, ExposureTime: 10/600 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 30.00 mm, Model: NIKON D200

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