A Seat with a View Photo

Photographer’s Note

A Seat with a View
Drive back from Obersee, a lake on Oberseealp in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, we got lost and unexpectedly found this lookout point overlooking beautiful cities and towns in the valley. I believe the city below is Nafels. It was cloudy earlier in the day, it was just started to clear up, so we sat on that bench and enjoy the view and some nice breeze.

Hope you enjoy it too. Have a great day or night depending on where you are on our beautiful Earth.

ISO 200, 7.1, 1/125
cropped, slight saturation and sharpened after reduced to TE size.

Floydian, jhm, phwall, zmey, adores, shevchenko, zeca, gary91, fulvio52, Dpbours, danos, pboehringer, Kielia, leo61, wishlist, Jonas_Schmitt, Colombiana, patdeph, trekks, avene has marked this note useful

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Estelle (2317) 2008-10-09 10:34

Hello,
The bench gives a good foreground to enhance the depth of field.
And the view is not bad at all!
Lovely colours and sharpness
Estelle

Floydian (30970) 2008-10-09 10:34

Hi Way,
I have seen a lot of these seats in Swiss and everytime i take a sit and enjoy the view...probably the same as you did here. It's not only an impressive view, but look at the exposure, how bright and clear it is. Rich deep colours, a great sky and some snowpeak mountains....excellent, i like this one a lot.
Regards, Henk

mikele_pl (2304) 2008-10-09 10:40

Hi Way,
this is a breathtaking scenery and you've managed to capture it so well. Colors are so rich and deep. Did you use a polarizer?

thanks for sharing

michal

Yosedolo (1148) 2008-10-09 10:46

hello waylim,
very good picture with a big clearness.
good pov.
bye
Fabien

jonathan_hart (22564) 2008-10-09 12:53

excellent framing, a very nice composition of bench facing landscape, fine sharpness. I didn't need to read the location, even if there can be similar places in the world, i guessed immediately guessed it was in Switzerland
regards
jc

emka (21143) 2008-10-09 13:03

Hi, You have found a seat with a superb view. How long have you been sitting there admiring this view:))Splendid composition, beautiful panorama.

Regards

Malgorzata

phwall (5422) 2008-10-09 14:19

Hello Way,
Marvelous panoramic view. A wonderful bright, sharp, clean image. The detail for such a wide shot is truly amazing.
The colours are rich and vibrant.
Superb capture.
Regards
Peter

zmey (7242) 2008-10-09 14:47

hello way
that's SOME view for sure... how did I miss it when I was there (in Switzerland) last?? beats me :)) love the fresh greens and perfectly exposed whites, very plesing scenery indeed.

regards,
kristaps

adores (15279) 2008-10-09 15:18

Hi Way!
This is a great place to watch the landscape! You placed the little bench very well and the colours are great.I also like the mountains covered with snow in background.

shevchenko (9746) 2008-10-09 19:10

Hello Way,
Lively morning color where the environment still a bit dim, good pov to show the broad landscape and structure of resident quarters saperated at different locations on the plain and on the slope, beautiful background peaks cover with glaciers, nice place for staying and visiting, thanks for sharing.
Ally

rodgerg (23069) 2008-10-10 0:36

Hello Way,

A superb landscape.
A supern view to this landscape, the FG very well selected give an interestind and great depht of field. The image is riche in colors and various details well collected. A superb sky too. In one word: wonderful shot!
Have a good day,
Roger

aadilj (17950) 2008-10-10 2:37

Hi Way!!!! I like the way you have compsoed and balanced this beautiful scene, its colours, textures and spread. Youve got a lovely canvass

jhm (81687) 2008-10-10 2:56

Hello Way,

I think that you with your splendid camera can take picture with F/16 this for the depth sharpness.
I like your beautiful mountain landscape image.
A well balanced composition and beautiful natural area.
TFS.

Best regards,
John.

gary91 (15319) 2008-10-10 3:58

Hello Way,
Great composition. The seat is forming a perfect foreground overlooking the valley.
I love the sun bathing the summits in the far distance and the beautiful sky and clouds.
Great point of view, I would like to stay here on the bench for a while...
Have a great day.
Best regards, Christian

baba_flies (7937) 2008-10-10 4:17

Hello Way! I hope you had some Ovomaltine before hiking to this place, or did you take the car and just had a little break from the driving :)))))))) I prefer Caotina to Ovomaltine but I am not the "milky" type anyway and I need a lot of chocolate so I cannot taste the milk too much (thanks for your note ...). What a view from this bench and you know what: When I saw your picture yesterday it made me shiver, it really did. We had a short message over the cell phone on Sunday and someone we know wrote that his girlfriend had died during the night. The Naefels area is where they both grew up and shared a house and life together, and somehow, when I opend your picture, if felt so strange to see their place and the empty bench. For me it had a double meaning. Oh well, I don't want to spoil this wonderful view, on the other hand this is how life goes, hey. Take care, enjoy the weekend, Barbara.

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-10-10 5:36

Hi, Way.
Huge clarity, wonderful colors, perfect exposure. And just look at that view... simply awesome!
Great job, my friend. You have a good day, I'll see you soon.
Ciao,
Fulvio.

mark_mk (246) 2008-10-10 5:51

Hi Way,
so you posted another shot of my favorite European country Switzerland, great! It is so well composed with the bench on the left and this awesome view down to the town. The clouds look amazing, your shot is really outstanding! Again great work!

Take care
Mark

Dpbours (210) 2008-10-10 7:03

Hello Way,

Ah, nice one! A bit of a slight haze further away, but that does not make the view any less compelling! I can surely see why they put a bench in that location. Nice!

Greetings,
Dennis

danos (31652) 2008-10-10 7:29

Hello Way,
indeed this wooden bench is very useful for someone that would like to seat and admire the panoramic view of the valley.Great perspective with a tremendous depth and on the far distance i see a blue lake obviously.Excellent the management of the light as the colors too.Well done.

Regards,danos

amaryllis (17045) 2008-10-10 9:03

Bonjour
tres bon cadrage avec ce banc et une vue plongeante sur la vallée et un environnement montagnard merveilleux
belle composition
juliette

pboehringer (770) 2008-10-10 9:51

Way,
yes this is a typical scene for most of the swiss Alps. Not just being at some high overview, but also the never missing bench to sit down and suck the landscape in. Marvelous composition with the little bend to the left including the bench.
Peter

Kielia (8183) 2008-10-10 11:53

Hallo Way,
this is really breathtaking! The light and the colours are fantastic and your POV shows the entire beauty of the valley. My compliments!
Warm regards
Harriet

dta (4346) 2008-10-10 14:10

Hello Way ,
What a fantastic point of view ! I would like to sit on this bench for a break . Very nice greenery in the valley , and a splendid landscape . The clouds in the blue sky are so fine .
Regards
Denis

leo61 (42808) 2008-10-10 20:48

Hello Way!
Excellent composition with this nice view and the bench in the foreground.Nice,bright green tones in the valley and great depth.These clouds look great too and very natural.
Regards,leo

zeca (20026) 2008-10-10 22:19

Hello Way!
Beautiful view! The landscape is great surrounding that village perfectly placed in the valley. Excellent depth and very nice colours. Well taken!
Regards,
Zeca

npecanhuk (13027) 2008-10-11 4:21

Hello Way!
Always surprising us with excellent quality pictures and this one, man, what a seat and what a view!
Perfect light management, the colors are so beautiful, sharpness is superb!
The pov, of course, is spectacular and the view, man, I know Switzerland (although I was there in wintertime), but it's never too much seeing it again in all its splendor!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards from Brazil,
Neyvan

Tobias__Ortmann (2589) 2008-10-11 4:56

HI way,
wow this is a nice one I know this landscapes very well i LIVE THERE myself.
Great colours and nice composition with this bank well done
Toba

wishlist (4133) 2008-10-11 5:46

Way,
that sky, so important, so bright, so beautiful..and so damn good to create this stunning view that you managed to deliver in this great great way. This is high quality standard, a picture which is a pleasure to look at, a picture full of life and perfectly composed; a picture which is an open window to allow us to joyn the stunning view and forget for a moment the english deep grey rainy sky. I like this one a lot, my compliments.
Take care and have a great weekend,

Igor

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2008-10-11 13:18

Hello Way!
I only know three countries with this typical view. Austria, maybe southern Germany and of course, Switzerland :)
You had a gerat eye in seeing this and you composed it perfectly with the well placed bench in the foreground and about 1/3 for the sky. This is one of the pictures I like because you can really imagine standing right there (or sitting on the bench), I like this a lot.
Maybe the brown frame is a bit too much, it also would have done with the half size, but I think this is a matter of taste and doesn´t mean too much for the picture.
So well done, Way, again and again.........:)
Jonas

delkoo (33924) 2008-10-12 6:19

hi way
what a moment you caught there ! In such a marvelous place, i guess the moment was magical and you share well this feeling with us.

cheers
didier

Colombiana (2540) 2008-10-12 9:18

Hi Way,

You're so lucky to visit the most beautiful
and evocatives places in the world. This view
is absolutely breathtaking! That bench on the
lower left is the best --no VIP sit or table
can bit it.
Splendid colors and composition.

Warm regards,
Maryori :)

patdeph (17406) 2008-10-13 0:35

hello Way
to take a seat here,and look at this splendid landscape must be a great pleasure!The view is really impressive,the colours are superb,and the cloudy sky adds a real beauty to the picture!
Best regards
Pascale

trekks (14260) 2008-10-13 22:05

hello Way

The right title!

Nothing beats a view of snow cap mountains and a green valley of Switzerland in photography when you visit this inland country. (except winter ski?)

A great view of the valley from this POV although this altitude is not very high, judging from the size of houses below.

But I throw this question - with only a seat for 4? How long do you wait to get a turn to sit on the bench if there is a large group of people? Not enought seats for sure!

tfs, bill

giorgimer (20674) 2008-10-14 1:07

Hi Way,

what a wonderful view! Your idea to include the bench is excellent, extraordinary colors management, as usual in your shots.

Very well done!

Gio

dkeus31 (25970) 2008-10-15 0:36

Hi Way,
a great place to enjoy the view for sure!
pitty the light is not perfect
didier

avene (10870) 2008-10-15 7:53

some seat :) you always find these point of view that leave everyone breathless, how do you do that, Way? and on top of that, you get this gorgeous sky, not fair! :) the composition works really well, the bench is just in the right place in the frame to let the viewer appreciate the depth and scale. I like a lot the clean colours, and how the distant snowy peaks of the mountains make everything feel fresh and crisp. I almost wish I was back in Switzerland :) great shot, my compliments.

best,
Kristine

jimkilgallon (0) 2008-10-16 1:55

Way
How did I miss this? Punchy colours throughout which I like, you know I am a big fan of clouds, man send these over to me next time, I love the formations here. The chair invites one to take in this awesome view, you must have been here for a while taking in this in.
The only negative about this capture is the detail, there's too much here too take in ;-)
Top top landscape, id be proud to have this as my own.
Regards
Jim

jmdias (18733) 2008-10-31 6:58

way

amazing sense of art. the bench is like to inviting us to be there, watching the landscape. Marvelous work where nature and things created by men are mixed

hugs

jorge