Babaland Papagolfade Photo

Photographer’s Note

Babaland is a region of canton St Gallen situated between the Säntis and the Churfisten mountains, it is known for its nice alpine landscapes as well as for being the 2nd home of our Barbara, hence its name although the area is also more officially known as Toggenburg.

This is where I went yesterday to meet a nice RED family from Bavaria, but before showing more alpine pictures since today is sunday here is the usual Papagolfade, shown here within its context of big swiss village houses. A stitch of 2 is the reason for this somewhat unusual format.

In France we have a saying that putting the church right in the center of the village will bring everything under control, this must apply to Switzerland as well.

Oh, and this happens to be the first Nesslau image ever uploaded to TE, I feel like Indiana Jones now ;-)

jjcordier, snunney, Buin, JCG, Kielia, belido, Sistercosmo, pablominto has marked this note useful

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ribeiroantonio (21967) 2008-07-20 0:18

It seams to be a very quite town since there is no human presence at all. Where were they? At the Sunday mass? It is a good POV and the light and colours are excellent. Well done.
Antonio

jjcordier (25218) 2008-07-20 0:41

Jean Yves
Tu n'oublies jamais la traditionnelle papagolfade dominicale, celle-ci étant tout aussi réussie que les précédentes.Babaland, c'est vraiment le nom de cette province?
Amitiés
JJ

snunney (35464) 2008-07-20 0:59

Hello Jean-Yves,
A good point of view of this splendid alpine church, which seems to sparkle under that interesting sky. Good colours and clarity.

Buin (38220) 2008-07-20 1:11

Bon jour Jean Yves, guten Morgen Barbara (photographer first ;-) !
A typical Swiss village square. Everything is clean and in good order ... ;-) This scenery looks quite cosy and you photographed it in a beautiful light. I would like to step into your photo...
Greetings from cool and nearly autumnal Germany!
Frank

JCG (25745) 2008-07-20 1:13

Bonjour Jean-Yves,

Des couleurs et une lumière magnifique, le clocher ressort fièrement sur ce superbe ciel bleu... qui n'a rien à envier à celui de la Bretagne !!! Un peu de chauvinisme ça fait pas de mal... mais pas trop quand même ça peu irriter. Joli cadrage sur l'environnement immédiat de l'édifice. Toute la rigueur suisse c'est propre et net, merci Jean-Yves.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et un très bon dimanche,

Jean-Charles

Kielia (8729) 2008-07-20 2:08

Bonjour JY,
I would call this swiss "backwater" at its best - don't get me wrong, I am a great fan of the province!
This composition and your note are a nice gift on a stormy and wet Sunday morning in July.
TfS
Best regards
Harriet

mark_mk (246) 2008-07-20 5:49

Hi Jean Yves,
I will just continue writing in English, but you never told me your German is that good!
A very nice shot Jean Yves, great blue sky and wonderful colors, I see, taken with my future lens ;-) Good placement of the papagolfade and great quality as usual. Thanks again for the nice day we spend in Unterwasser and your hints, we have to meet again sometime!

Take care
Mark

TGULUMSER (12514) 2008-07-20 6:06

Hello Jean Yves,
A very nice view under a magnificant sky,
Best regards,
Tulay

belido (16813) 2008-07-20 6:55

Hi JY,

very nice and tranquil atmosphere. It looks a peaceful site. Good combination of colors and lights. The tower is well placed in the frame and breaks the sky nicely. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

gneufeld (15233) 2008-07-20 7:32

Hi Jean,
I like this one alot. Good squared perspective with the church spires reaching for the stars - great colors and good clarity. Well seen and TFs. Gerald

cbrman (19051) 2008-07-20 8:48

Hello Jean-Yves,

Un Papagolfade venant du coeur de la Suisse. De plus elle vient du Toggenburg, berçeau des célébres biscuits. Les Toggenbürgers. Un PP un peu fort sur le ciel mais qui donne un bon contraste avec la blancheur de la façade de l'église.
Bien vu !

A+

Dominique

barni (14567) 2008-07-20 8:50

Salut Jean-Yves
Une exposition au poil... le blanc est parfait et le ciel grandiose.
Bravo
Bonne soirée
Christophe

gildasjan (24121) 2008-07-20 9:35

Bonjour Jean Yves
Un contraste bleu blanc qui claque pour cette papagolfade avec un bon cadrage de l'église dans le carré.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
Gildas

Gerrit (36259) 2008-07-20 11:38

Hi Jean Yves,
Fine white church and houses in a splendid environment.
Regards, Gerrit

dip (12844) 2008-07-20 11:45

Hello Jean Yves,
beautiful composition with excellent light management and beautiful natural colors,
the sky looks superb!
very well done,
Greetings,
Dimitris.

gilou530 (35680) 2008-07-20 12:51

salut JY
une papagolfade dominicale bien réalisée sous un ciel bien saturé pour mettre bien en valeur le blanc de la facade
amitiés
gilbert

Sistercosmo (2681) 2008-07-20 16:25

Hey Indiana, ;-)
you really are a forerunner! Wonderful photo, the first from Nesslau - what can I say? Amazing sky, great pov, sharp and colorful. Simply perfect, as usual. Excellent stitch.
What is a RED family? Are you talking about our sunburn? ;-)
Just wanted you to know that my legs are killing me - "short hike, about 30 minutes..." I *really* should have hijacked that bus!!
Still, I wouldn't have wanted to miss it (obwohl ich leide...). What a great day!
Und ich kann immer noch nicht glauben, dass ich dir gesagt habe, dass wir auf deutsch einen Spruch haben - wie lange habe ich überlegt, wie ich den "heitern Himmel" übersetzen soll! Na ja, du hast sicherlich gut gelacht! :-)
Thanks,
Linda

claudio74 (6680) 2008-07-20 23:01

Hello Jean Yves
Trés belle vue bien agrébale grace à son équilibre parfait.
Bonne semaine
A+
Claude

aadilj (17950) 2008-07-20 23:33

I love the way you look at architecture in the lap of natural beauty and the way you string them together with such deft photography. great work indeed.

baba_flies (8093) 2008-07-21 1:10

Genau naemlich, das ist mein Land, meine spezielle Ecke Schweiz ... habe schier eine Herzbaracke gekriegt, als ich meinen Namen sah, was fuer eine lustige Erinnerung an einen Anlass, an dem ich nicht teilnahm :)))))))) Ja diese Kirchen haben so ihre Geschichten, der Zwingli hatte Hand angelegt (das Geburtshaus ist in Wildhaus) und somit gibt es katholische aber auch reformierte Kaeffer, und erinnert mich gerade daran, dass ich schon lange nicht mehr in der Kirche war ... wuerde mir gut tun, gell, und mein freches Maul etwas in Schach halten ... Nun ich hoffe, dass die Sonnenbraende am Ausklingen sind und was bleibt, ist die "gesunde" Braeune, oder waere es mehr die gesunde Blaesse, oder ist die nur nobel? Liebe Gruesse, schoener Arbeitstag ... wenig Stress und gute Sommerlaune ... Barbara.

dragon-rugissan (11) 2008-07-23 0:12

Jolie mise en valeur, le cadrage me plais et les couleurs sont bien renforcées.
La dominante de bleue du ciel sur vos photos, est-elle due a un filtre ou une correction toshop?

pablominto (41340) 2008-07-24 4:05

Hello Jean-Yves,

A beautiful church in an appealing clean architecture, nicely located in the middle of this residential area!
Fine light and good details, the point of view that partly exposes the church against the sky works well...
A well balanced composition with rich colours!

Greetings,
Pablo -

flatwin (1936) 2008-08-19 7:31

bonjour,

belle composition que cette photo, l'église se détache a merveille dans ce ciel bleu, un ensemble homogène-

Arnaud

msxfrench (38) 2009-09-25 9:20

Nice shot
beautiful colors

best regards