Lakeside World Heritage Photo

Photographer’s Note

Here’s another scene which I enjoyed last week on a day out with Nikki and Toni. This area, known as the Lavaux, has had quite some attention in the media the last couple of weeks since it has recently acquired the designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of only seven in Switzerland.

The Lavaux stretches for about 30km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Leman. Although there is some evidence that vines were grown in the areas in Roman times, the present vine terraces can be traced back to the 11th century, when Benedictine and Cistercian Monasteries controlled the area. The villages, small towns and intensively planted vines reflect the changing system of production and patronage over ten centuries. The cultural landscape of the Lavaux vineyard demonstrates in a highly visible way its evolution and development over close to a thousand years, through the preserved landscape and buildings, and also the continuation and adaptation of longstanding cultural traditions, specific to its locality. It is an outstanding example of a centuries-long interaction between people and their environment developed to optimize local resources so as to produce a highly valued wine that has always been important to the local economy. Local communities have been strongly supportive of protection measures to resist the fast-growing urban settlements that could endanger the area.

For a complete list of UNESCO sites, click here.

This is a stitch of four vertical images taken at 17mm and assembled using Autostitch. The proportions do not fit the requirements for a Large Post but I hope you enjoy this small version anyway. The shadows are from Toni and Nikki!

xavshot, Nelu_Goia, cherryripe, jjcordier, bibiweb, PixelTerror, patdeph, Manamo has marked this note useful

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xavshot (63137) 2007-07-14 12:48

Bonsoir Susanna
y'a pas à dire c'est un superbe paysage et ces différentes photos proposées sur TE lui rendent bien hommage. J'aime bien ta version "panoramique" et les couleurs notamment sur le lac. Bravo
Xavier

Nelu_Goia (2742) 2007-07-14 13:03

Hi Susana,
What a nice,simole and fresh composition!
The colors seem so true and the atmosphere is so clean...
Very well done but why not a panorama?
Thank you,
Nelu

cherryripe (19187) 2007-07-14 13:54

Hi Susanna
I don't know if you should have included the shadows composition-wise but as it's us, it makes me laugh. At least I'm small in it :-) The view is splendid and thank goodness it was last Saturday instead of today as the light isn't nearly as good. I really like the curve accentuated by the wide-angle.
Enjoy your evening.
Nikki

GLEM (2998) 2007-07-14 14:12

bonjour Susanna,
superbe paysage qui nous donne vraiment envie de voyager. Tu as parfaitement profité de cette bonne lumière (même s'il reste un voil), l'ensemble est une vraie carte postale.
gl

crhieatt (5145) 2007-07-14 14:48

Susanna,
Gigantic looking view, making for a rather pleasing composition overall. I almost wish you'd not told me about the stitch, because I then immediately go looking for it - I just can't help it - and yes there are a few vertical band of variation in the sky - totally unobtrusive if your not looking for them, and even now I'm thinking of deleting all this and not mentioning it! :)
Oddly the little shadows in the bottom corner seem to add too, rather than detract from the composition as a whole.
Best regards
Colin

izmirli (3287) 2007-07-14 15:08

merhaba dear susanna
beautiful nature and landscape.beautiful mountains and silhouettes.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Dpbours (220) 2007-07-14 18:56

Hi Susanna,

Nice! I should start getting to know the stitching as well. I see some wonderful panoramas passing by that have been stitched together! Good overview of this wonderful area. Nice one!!

Greetings, Dennis

grantlp (2104) 2007-07-14 21:03

Hi Susanna,
What a wonderful view of this Swiss landscape. I can understand why it was listed as a World Heritage site. Your composition, clarity and colours are excellent, and I like the way the road leads my eye into the heart of the image. Well done.
Cheers Grant

jjcordier (25256) 2007-07-14 23:32

Très jolie version panoramique de cette splendide région. La lumière était magnifique et donne de superbes couleurs à l'ensemble.On peut peut-être discuter la présence des ombres des photographes dans le coin, mais celà signe l'image de façon originale.
Amicalement
JJ

quetzal (3467) 2007-07-15 1:04

Bonjour Susanna,
Excellente photo de cette magnifique région. Tout y paraît doux, tranquille et joli à visiter. Avec un tel environnement, ce doit être un pliasir quotidien de se promener.
Bonne journée
Jean-Louis

dkeus31 (26387) 2007-07-15 3:17

hello Susanna,
A nice panoramic view of the new Unesco World Heritage, good light and nice colors, I like it.
regards
didier

Budapestman (42876) 2007-07-15 14:37

Hi Susanna,
This is fabled view. POV is fantastic, I like the picturesque details and the beautiful colours. Splendid shot. Have a nice week
George

bibiweb (8) 2007-07-15 23:29

Salut Susanna,
Il me semble que les communes du coin vont bientôt pouvoir payer les membres de TE pour toute la publicité qui est faite pour cette région! ;o)
Joli travil de stitch, même si les puristes diront que cela se remarque au niveau du ciel à cause de l'effet du polarisant. J'aime bien cette vue large avec l'arrondi de la rive du lac et le chemin sur la gauhe qui nous invite à la balade.
Bonne journée.
Bibi

cbrman (19051) 2007-07-15 23:51

Hello Susanna,

Le Lavaux attirent les panoramas ! Tu as parfaitement réussi celui là ! Les couleurs très naturelles sont superbes sous ce soleil radieux ! Le ciel est délicatement peuplé de nuages au dessus des montagnes et le lac est parfait avec ce bateau au loin !
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

capthaddock (28640) 2007-07-16 8:08

Hi Susanna - great stitchwork, not easy with 17mm width, and the lens distortion that comes with it, the shadows add a human touch, even with this size, there is enough detail, though if you really wanted to do a LP, you could of course crop some of the sky, but cropping a stitch seems to defeat the purpose.

PixelTerror (86861) 2007-07-16 9:24

Salut Susanna,
Joli stitch mais c'est vrai qu'avec le pola ca donne des differences de tons marquees dans le ciel, comme le pola a 10mm d'ailleurs. Le POV est de toute beaute !
Bonne soiree JY

patdeph (18348) 2007-07-17 9:43

bonjour Susanna
qu'il est beau ce paysage,et qu'il a l'air calme!En plus,la lumière magnifique rend les couleurs superbes!Ce doit être un plaisir de faire du vélo ici,comme les personnes dont on voit l'ombre.
Bonne soirée.
Pascale

Manamo (3474) 2007-08-21 11:58

Hello Susanna,
you did very well uniting 3 strong symbols of Switzerland:lake, mountains and vineyards. You did a fine job with the stitching. The perspective is well kept and there is not much distortion...well just enough distortion(I like wide angles!!!:D). The light is very beautiful. The shadows are quite long so I guess the day was well advanced.
There must be so much details in the original version! I hope you'll get a big print out of it!:D
There are 2 things I don't like as much: the shadows in the foreground and the difference in the blue tones in the sky (although I would not know how to correct that...). It is probably due to the polariser...

Photo Information

Copyright: Susanna Leon (sleon) (9352)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-07
Categories: Daily Life, Food, Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF-S 17-85mm F4-5.6 IS USM, Hoya circular polariser
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/60 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-14 12:42