Lugano from above Photo

Photographer’s Note

Yesterday I showed you a view of the Lago di Lugano from the top of Monte Bre in the very south of Switzerland. Here I show you the view of the bay of Lugano from the summit of Monte Bre, about 650 meters above the level of the lake.

Lugano is a town with about 52.000 inhabitants (with several suburbs) and it's the biggest town in the canton Ticino and it's economic centre, but it isn't the capital. The capital of Ticino is Bellinzona with about 17.000 inhabitants. Lugano is Switzerland's 3rd major banking centre (mainly handling Italian-speaking clients), after Zürich and Geneva.
The city has a wonderful park (parco civico) with a rank southern vegetation (you can see it besides the marina in the foreground). Here begins the wonderful promenade which leads along the whole bay to the quarter at the left below Monte San Salvatore with the denotative name "Paradiso".

A bit right of the middle of my picture you can see a small lake and a bit behind it you can see another water surface - but this is another bay of Lago di Lugano. This lake fills several valleys (nearly like the fjords in Norway) and so it's shape is rather complicated and it explicates it's second name "Ceresio" - obviously derived from the celtic word "keresios" = horned. Using the map view function at the left you can zoom out (please click several times at -) to see the incredible shape of the lake.

In the workshop you can see a view a little bit more to the right.

Jonas_Schmitt, besnard, isabela_sor, hgupta, carper, quillo, snunney, Guenther, mortijo, mvdisco, nekoyama, hrschwartz, chinchini, papagolf21, macondo, pierrefonds, Mistral has marked this note useful

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besnard (31060) 2007-07-13 22:34

Bonjour Frank
Belle vue plongeante sur le lac et sur la ville. J'aime la forme arrondie et les feuillages forment un bon 1er plan.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end.
Nicole

xavshot (63117) 2007-07-13 23:05

Bonjour Frank
le POV est superbe et la vue magnifique. J'aime bien comment on domine l'endroit. Les branches du premier plan sont également bien vues dans la compo
Bravo
Xavier

hgupta (1321) 2007-07-13 23:33

Its a beautiful panaromic view. The blue water of the lake loks enagmatic.
Beautiful place and shot.
regards,

Hemant

dhurjati (2827) 2007-07-13 23:47

Hi Frank,
Fnatastic birds eye view.The depth is great here.Only the colour tone is bit monotonic to me, but thats not at all a major issue.
Greetings from India,
Dhurjati

Royaldevon (5938) 2007-07-14 0:35

Hello Frank,
This is a well composed shot giving great panoramic views over the the bay and countryside from a good pov! The vegetation in the f/g and the beautiful blue of the lake sit well together. There is a mono-colour of blue but that is beyond your control.
Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Nicou (45639) 2007-07-14 0:50

Hello,

Merveilleis vue du Tessin, de cette région de lugano, c'est une mangifique région .
La photo de cette vue d'ensemble est superbe et donne bien l'envie de s'y rendre, j'y vais souvent.

Bravo et belle journée

Nicou

carper (65598) 2007-07-14 1:05

a very fine one Frank,
fantastic view of the city, good photo, nice pov and nice to look at, well done Frank, have a nice day.
gr. jaap

quillo (7286) 2007-07-14 1:50

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Hello friend Frank, beautiful panoramic of Lugano in blue tones with the green touch of the vegetation of the base of the photo. A nice and agreeable image. Congratulations and thank you.

Un abrazo desde España.... con mucho calor.

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snunney (35436) 2007-07-14 1:56

Hello Frank,
A breathtaking view of Lugano surrounded by mountains. Excellent pov and very good colours and definition.

jasmis (50967) 2007-07-14 2:08

Breathtaking view. Superb panorama with interesting note.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards my dear friend.

UnTrained (0) 2007-07-14 3:11

Hallo Frank,
bist Du stets auf Hubschrauberhöhe gewesen? Nochmal ein weiter Blick aus der Höhe über die Landschaft mit Bergen und Seen. Wie sich die Häuser über die Landschaft verteilen, sieht einfach gut aus. Mich erstaunt die ruhige Wasseroberfläche, kein Wassersport dort? Und wo ist der Workshop geblieben?
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

Guenther (6859) 2007-07-14 3:23

Hallo Frank,
wunderbares Panorama-Bid! Sehr schön ist auch der grüne Vordergrund, der dem Bild eine große Tiefe gibt. Das Foto ist etwas blaulastig, aber das entspricht wohl einfach der Wirklichkeit :-)
Schönes Wochenende!

Vertigo (594) 2007-07-14 4:11

nice panoramic view of this city
it's so beutiful
we can see green mountains blue water and sky in a big "distance"
thanks for sharing it

mortijo (12384) 2007-07-14 4:51

Hi Frank, zurück vom Urlaub? I hope the weathergods were kind to you. Nice shot of Lugano. You did well to leave the foliage in the foreground.
John.

lolo73 (969) 2007-07-14 4:52

Bonjour Frank,
Une très belle vue plongeante de cette belle ville. Très bon choix du premier plan avec les arbres. Beaucoup de profondeur également.
Laurent

isabela_sor (42435) 2007-07-14 5:27

Lovely panoramic view and great great depth!The clear air has helped you to get such a deep shot
And your note is very detailed too
A nice weekend

mvdisco (11609) 2007-07-14 7:30

Bonjour Frank,
Très belle vue panoramique de Lago di lugano, belles couleurs netteté, excellent composition ..great shot.Frank..bien vu.
Michel

hrschwartz (696) 2007-07-14 11:40

Frank,

Great POV and framing. It appears that you had some very nice weather. That always helps when on vacation- especially when coming from northern Europe ;-)

Some have commented on the colors in the photo and I too feel that post-processing could help make it a more striking photo. But that is not the thrust of TE and your note more than compensates for any quibbling about the photo.

TFS. It makes me want to visit!

Randy

chinchini (27789) 2007-07-14 12:12

Salut Frank,
Je vois que tu nous a ramené plein de belles photos du Ticino, une région que tu affectionnes je le sais.
Cette vue aérienne de Lugano et de la kirielle de lacs dans le fond est superbe. Ce jour là tu avais beau temps ;o)
Excellente fin de semaine mon Ami
Pierre toujours dans les confins Est de l'U.E.

Janice (4386) 2007-07-14 13:21

Hi Frank, welcome back - have a good holiday?
I'm looking forward to seeing where you went - and especially at our coffee shop!!
Super view from on high - in winter, would this place be covered in snow?
Kia ora
Janice

papagolf21 (56715) 2007-07-14 13:48

Bonsoir, mon ami Frank,
Prendre de la hauteur pour mieux comprendre la beauté qui nous entoure. Cette photographie fort bien réalisée exprime parfaitement ce que l'on peut ressentir face à ce panorama exceptionnel.
Merci, Frank, pour l'autre publication.
Amitiés.
Philippe

macondo (13271) 2007-07-14 23:45

Hi there, Frank. You have uploaded some fine landscapes and panoramas recently. This one is a beauty. A breathtaking view of the mountains, the lake and the town hugging the shore line and valleys. Nicely composed and sharp. Well done.
Regards,
Andrew

Budapestman (42756) 2007-07-15 14:14

Hi Frank,
This is beautiful, really fabled view, I like it very much. POV is fantastic, details are picturesque and very spectacular. Great shot! Have a nice week
George

mesutilgim (37258) 2007-07-16 5:43

Hallo lieber Frank,
Gut Dich wieder zu hoeren (bzw sehen !). Seit dem 4.7. sind wir auf dem Yacht unseres Tochters im Mittelmeer bzw Aegeis auf blauer Fahrt . Nur an bestimmten Buchten habe ich die Moeglichkeit an Internet 'ranzukommen. Jetzt ist es so.
Dein tolles Bild von der Lugano See hat uns (mich und meine Frau zurueck in das Jahr 1968 verstezt, wo wir damals unsere Hochzeitsreise verbrachten. So schlimm verbaut war die Stadt damals noch nicht. So sieht es fast wie an den spanischen Kuestenwelt aus.
Vielen Dank auch fuer die tollen informationen.
Viele schoene und heisse Gruesse aus dem Mittelmeerrau.
MESUT ILGIM

pierrefonds (26619) 2007-07-16 17:59

Hi Frank,

A nice photo of Lugano and of the lake taken from above. The photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

jmcl (14135) 2007-07-16 22:04

Hi Frank,

Great point of view .. wonderfully composed .. I really like it .. maybe a nudge more contrast .. but very very nice. Thanks for sharing it.

take care,

John

jrj (34779) 2007-07-17 10:48

A well made pano of this fine town by the lake Frank. A bird view including fine overview but also some foreground details.

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2007-07-18 2:58

Hi Frank!
Schönes Bild mit toller Aussicht!Gefällt mir sehr gut.
Am Anfang dachte ich das ist am Gardasee,da sieht es zum Verwechseln ähnlich aus,aber dann hab ich deine Beschreibung gelesen.....Schöne Komposition mit einigen guten Details!
Grüße,Jonas

barrufeto_77 (25935) 2007-07-19 3:09

Hi Frank.

Only needs a little more contrast.

Excellent POV!

My compliments!

Rgs, Oscar

Mistral (13776) 2007-07-21 5:42

Hi Frank
Bird's eye view over the nice city of Lugano, I think that many italians would like that all their cities are well kept like this one...
A smile for your weekend!
Luca