Borneo LongHouse - HDR Photo

Many of the inhabitants of the Southeast Asian island of Borneo (now Kalimantan, Indonesia and States of Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia), the Dayak, live traditionally in buildings known as a longhouse, Rumah panjang in Malay, rumah panjai in Iban. Common to most of these is that they are built raised off the ground on stilts and are divided into a more or less public area along one side and a row of private living quarters lined along the other side. This seems to have been the way of building best accustomed to life in the jungle in the past, as otherwise hardly related people have come to build their dwellings in similar ways. One may observe similarities to South American jungle villages also living in large single structures. The design is elegant: being raised, flooding presents little inconvenience. The entry could double as a canoe dock. Being raised, cooling air could circulate underneath the floor of the dwelling, and the elevated living areas were more likely to catch above ground breezes. Livestock could shelter underneath the long houses for greater protection from predators and the elements.

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Uploaded on 25 Feb 17:47
by herwindo

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• cameraCanon 7d
• iso100
• Shooting styleTripod
• LensSigma 10-20mm
• Exposure-2, 0, 2
• SoftwarePhotoshopOthersPhotomatix Pro
• Shoot numberMultiple Exposure
• File formatRAW
• Notesnone

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Comments:

kangtoing

Cool! tp kok gw lebih suka yg dr sudut berbeda ya? yg ada bayangan di airnya itu bro... :)

On February 25, 2011 18:27

stuphipps

I love everything about this, the pov, the tone and blacks, the insight into others' lives and your story.

On February 25, 2011 18:47

jesper

I like hdr b/w a lot - in this image u see why.

On February 25, 2011 23:33

iphonefarmer

Really nice.

On February 27, 2011 00:06