Surprise Lookout Photo

Photographer’s Note

It was worth the short uphill exertion off the piste through the snow in cumbersome ski shoes. The view was unexpected but not unfamiliar – rather like the surprise of seeing an old friend! We spent the day skiing in Meiringen-Hasliberg, from where I was not expecting this bonus view over to the ski area of Melchsee-Frutt which seemed so far below. I stood for some while to take in all the details – the network of ski lifts and the tiny ant-like skiers, the various lakes, peaks and valleys. I even forgot that I had come for a day’s skiing, and would happily have spent longer just admiring the view.

The flat area in the middle is the lake of Melchsee, which leads beyond it and to the right to Tannensee, and yet a third lake, Engstlensee, shaded in the valley further on, beyond which lies the ski area of Engelberg. To the left is the Melchtal valley, and in the further distance the lake of Sarnersee.

This is a stitch of 6 vertical shots assembled using Autostitch.

Click on the image to view a larger version…. Hope you like it!

isabela_sor, Floydian, PixelTerror, leo61, Loic_bzh, bibiweb has marked this note useful

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isabela_sor (42078) 2008-01-22 5:52 [Comment]

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Floydian (30970) 2008-01-22 6:00

Hello Susanna,
The large version is really spectacular with all the little houses on the snowfields. Your pov with on both sides mountains which are lying in the shadows create good depth in the valley below which is bathing in sunlight....i like that effect.
Are you still skiing or working? ;-)
Regards, Henk

PixelTerror (86058) 2008-01-22 8:34

Salut StitchingTerror,
Pas la foule ici... dommage car tu t'es donne du mal pour nous offrir cette jolie vue bien assemblee et superbe a voir en version large, c'est un peu le souci des panos sur TE que la petite version par laquelle il faut passer est pas trop eye catching, donc la plus belle photo est reservee aux gens qui ont assez d'energie pour cliquer une 2eme fois !
Bizzz JY

leo61 (43336) 2008-01-22 9:18

Hi Susanna!
I didn`t miss snow the last seven weeks,but this panorama looks great and has a fantastic sharpness overall.Many nice details and brilliant colors.
I hope I will see no snow this winter.
Regards,Leo

dkeus31 (26154) 2008-01-22 11:41

hello Susanna,
very nice view down to this frozen lake, the light is superb.
regards
didier

Loic_bzh (7027) 2008-01-23 5:51

Bonjour Susanna,

quel PdV pour ce pano! Les détails de la version large sont époustouflants. Merci! :)

Bonne journée,

Loîc

guillaumejm (9052) 2008-01-23 14:08

Bonsoir susanna,
un magnifique paysage. l'assemblage est vraiment bon et la version large d'une grande netteté et une profondeur impressionnante. que de regrets de ne pouvoir profiter de cette belle neige ....
cordialement
JMarc

pboehringer (770) 2008-01-25 10:23

Susanna,
where you skiing or photographing? With such a wonderful weather and nice outlook it must have been difficult to decide what to do, although seeing that this is a stitch of 6 images I get the impression that you put much more effort in taking shots versus skiing. Perfect composition with the mountains framing the whole scene from both sides.
See you soon!
Peter

antyqjon (190) 2008-01-27 5:55

Just awesome! The frozen lake in the center looks incredibly calm surrounded by mountain tops. Perfect sky too!

bibiweb (8) 2008-01-27 12:19

Salut Susanna,
La version large est superbe... on s'y croirait! Parfait boulot d'assemblage pour nous donner cette vue panoramique sur ce domaine de ski et ce lac gelé. Ca me fait plaisir de découvrir cette vue hivernale d'une région que je fréquente surtout en été.
Bonne soirée.
Bibi

jrj (34779) 2008-02-05 0:51

Su - the large size version is just a delight to view. Top details and sharpness, good stitching - like being there. Great landscape in the well disposed setting and compo - a fine example of using the panorama opportunity at TE

capthaddock (28640) 2008-02-06 18:36

Perfect stitch Susanna, I like how the panorama spreads from the highest peaks to the plains, with a smidgen of lowland lake visible near the left edge, the frozen surface of the other lake makes an interesting void in the snow textures.

(I've heard messages bouncing back from some other members, and also TAP airlines had the same complaint, over the years this is the first time this happened, hopefully just a temporary glitch)

BoisBarb (9331) 2008-04-07 10:10

Superbe, que de bons souvenirs de mon adolescence à Melchsee-Frutt, on y venait en fin de saison pour une dernière sortie de ski de fond (et de ski alpin parfois) dans un cadre grandiose avec des quantités parfois pharaoniques de neige...Que c'est beau là bas!
Merci de m'avoir rappelé tous ces souvenirs
BoisBarb

Photo Information

Copyright: Susanna Leon (sleon) (9350)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-20
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF-S 17-85mm F4-5.6 IS USM, Hama circular polariser
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-22 5:45