Southern Edge of the Alps Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a view of "Lago di Lugano" in southern Switzerland in the canton Ticino. Lugano is situated behind the forest at the right side. You can see some houses there. The bay of Lugano is flanked by two mountains. Here you can see one of them - at the right - Monte San Salvatore (912 m). The lake is 276 m above sea level. This photo was taken from the very top of the other mountain, Monte Bre (923 m). You can reach the summits of these two mountains by cable cars. At the top of San Salvatore you can see a tower, which is determined to get lightning strokes which are explored here. Ticino is one of the most thundery regions of Europe. A thunderstorm here can be an unforgettable experience ... the quantities of rain are nearly unthinkable.

You can see that the end of the lake nearly reaches the southern edge of the Alps, which pass here into the large plains of the biggest Italian river, Po. In the middle of the picture you can look through to this plains.

You also can see a dam across the lake - the "Dam of Melide" (a village situated on it's right end). It carries the motorway, a local street and the very important railway line from St. Gotthard to Milano. It's interesting that this today's dam is the frontal moraine of the glaciers of the ice age, which only had to be prepared for the traffic purposes.

On the left side in front of the dam you can see a small town - Campione d'Italia - which is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. In the year 777 this area was donated to the monastery St. Ambrogio in Milano and so still today it's a part of Italy.

In the workshop you can see another view with the restaurant on top of Monte Bre.

Using the map view function at the left you can zoom in (please click several times at +) exactly to this restaurant with it's sunshades.

deblink, ahmetgedikli, snunney, jlynx, John_F_Kennedy, eska, jmcl, hrschwartz, leo61, saxo042, josepmarin, dip, Brian, ruisc_pt, quillo, dorte_s_t, CRATEOS has marked this note useful

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deblink (2548) 2007-07-12 23:52

Hi Frank,
What a lovely image with a wonderful DOF. There is such a lot to look at in the image and the colours are wonderful.
Cheers,
Debbie

ahmetgedikli (22094) 2007-07-13 0:21

Hi Frank,
Very nice photo. Excellent POV, colours and good depth. Good work.
Best regards,
Ahmet

pablominto (41340) 2007-07-13 0:34

Hello Frank,
I like the elevated point of view, looking down on that beautiful lake!
A well composed image with good foreground interest, fine details in the landscape...
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

Budapestman (42780) 2007-07-13 1:17

Hi Frank, Welcome back!
This is a magnificent country, really picturesque spectacle. Composition is excellent, fantastic POV. Details are fabled, Congratulations. Have a nice weekend
George

snunney (35464) 2007-07-13 1:28

Hello Frank,
A spectacular view down the length of this lake surrounded by mountains. Good framing form the foreground tress and a lovely sky. Excellent colours and clarity throughout.

clnaef (6289) 2007-07-13 2:32

Bonjour,
Beau panorama typique du Tessin.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

jlynx (11380) 2007-07-13 2:55

Hello Frank,
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! You come back on TE in the very good style. Rested, with shifts and to splendid how I see with the gathering of the photograph whose review begins this superb picture. The view is strange, overwhelming a power of rocky tops and a nearness of sky. Excellent seizure, very good quality.
Best regards from whimsical weatherly Poznan,

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2007-07-13 3:45

Hallo Frank,
jetzt weiß ich wo ein paar Tage warst. Wunderschöne Aufnahme wie der Luganer See in die Landschaft einbettet ist. Es viele Details zu erkenne, trotz der Entfernung der Objekte.
Viele Grüße
Achim

UnTrained (0) 2007-07-13 3:53

Hallo Frank,
hoffentlich gesund und gut erholt zurück. Zumindest die Landschaft - wie man sieht - sollte dazu beigetragen haben. Der Workshop ist fast zu schade für einen Workshop. Im Original gefällt mir die hohe Sicht über die Weite mit den Bergrücken. Die Bäume leiten gut ein.
Schade, dass der Blick über die Map nicht auch zur Speisekarte führt ;-)
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

jasmis (50979) 2007-07-13 5:03

Welcome back Frank. I missed you here...
This photo is quite outstanding due to beauty of the view and highest quality. Also interesting note has been included.
Regards my dear friend.

eska (520) 2007-07-13 5:21

Hi Frank. Welcome back. What a picture, what a vacation place. No wonder you keep going there.
So much to see, so much to read. Excellent both, picture and note. There should be more choices for marking notes usefulness on TE. On the scale 0-10 I could give 10 instead of one click. Thank you so much for your effort to tell us so much about what we see.
Greetings from Canada.
Chris

jmcl (14145) 2007-07-13 10:50

Hi Frank,

Beautiful image .. wonderful point of view .. great sense of dimension and depth. I love all the gradients of blues and greens .. especially on that wonderful water surface.

take care,

John

hrschwartz (696) 2007-07-13 11:08 [Comment]

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leo61 (43712) 2007-07-13 22:21

Hallo Frank!
Willkommen zu Hause,sowohl in Siegen als auch bei TE.
Tolles Bils mit guter Tiefe und einem schönen Vordergrund mit den Baumspitzen.Mir gefallen die bläulichen Farben die wohl die feuchte Luft erzeugt hat.
Schönes Wochenende,
Gruß,Andreas

saxo042 (16250) 2007-07-14 8:46

Hi Frank,
A beautiful scenery and a very fine photo. The trees in the foreground create a good depth in the picture. You must have had excellent weather as well.
Regards
Gunnar

josepmarin (34081) 2007-07-14 11:03

Hallo Frank,
Welcome after your vacations.
Nice landscape the one that you show us in your composition, this lake between the mountains in Switzerland is very beautiful and agreeable, perfect place for a rest and for relaxing the soul and the body.
I like to see the branches of the trees in foreground, creating a frame to the landscape, in an image with a lot of depth and with a magnificent sky.
Regards from a warm (25ºC) and sunny Barcelona.
Josep

dip (12844) 2007-07-14 11:17

Wunderschöner Blick von da oben Frank!
sehr gute Tiefe und schöne Farben.
Das Bild im workshop ist auch sehr gut!
Grüße.
Dimitris.

ruisc_pt (6207) 2007-07-15 10:23

Fantastic image Frank... and the note is precious.
I like the blue green contrast you captured here..
I wonder why not a greater f/stop to increase sharpness..
H
Rui

quillo (7312) 2007-07-20 14:39

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Hola Frank, an image of height, with big depth of field and a magnificent framing, is a beautiful scenery with good colors, I like.

Congratulations my friend.

Un saludo y que pases un buen fin de semana.

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dorte_s_t (2285) 2007-07-21 6:27

Hi , Frank .
What a beautiful place , and what a view !!
Looking at your photo and reading your comment is a nice experience .
Beautiful photo in your workshop too !
Lovely place !
Have a nice weekend
greetings
Dorte.

CRATEOS (7274) 2007-07-22 1:20

breathless view...!!!captured exelland...giving atmosphere of this beaute place in great way...salut my frend Franky..have a nice Sunday
Nikiforos