4.633 meters...far away Photo

Photographer’s Note

Last week end we went to our friends in their home in Torno, a small, small village on the Como Lake. We travelled around the globe for many years, we saw some of the most beautiful lakes of the world, Tahoe, Inle, Assuan, Geneve, many Alpines Lakes in more Countries...but everytime that we came back on the Como Lake...i cannot thing that this is The Lake.
As all the Italians i'm not nationalist or sciovinist, i think really that this is one of the top lake of the whole world.
It seems more a fjord than a lake, but with green vertical mounts and cliffs, with a Mediterranean weather with long long spring and summer, with thousands of villas built in the last 2.000 years...and more than one hundreds of fantastic villages!
Sunday evening at the sunset time we were in the car to came back to Milano, we were between Blevio and Como, where the street is not close to the banks, but many centuries of meters upper.
We stopped the car to watch that fantastic sunset.
In the middle of the picture, very far away there is the second highest mountain of Europe, the Monte Rosa (the Pink Mount). It's shared with Swiss and Piedmont Region, at not less than 140 km from Milano.
It's easy to see it from Milano, cause the city is in the middle of flat land and Monte Rosa with is 4.633 meters dominates all the Pianura Padana, but i never saw it from the Como Lake. Never.
And talking with my friends i had the confirm: it's very rare to saw it and there are few hundreds meters where is possible to see it; exactly where we were! Otherwise it's over the Lombardia's Alps.
On the left side of the picutre there are the first lights of Como, on the right the Monte Bisbino (1.325 meters); in the middle before the Monte Rosa i think it is the Monte Campo dei Fiori (1.226 meters) that is 40 km far away close to the Lake Maggiore.

bantonbuju, rbcy1974, alford, jjbach, chinchini, PixelTerror, Gix, nerve, stefi has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48334) 2005-05-10 3:57

buon giorno paolo, i read the note, haha, in this case you should set the title for the picture "the top lake in the world" :-)))
lovely indeed; nice warm colours;
well done, jerzy

naxius (16679) 2005-05-10 4:08

Hello Paolo,
This landscape is stunning.
The color is terrific!!
Magic...
Alex

rbcy1974 (20742) 2005-05-10 4:11

Hi Paolo,
Beautiful lighting. It is very inviting. I think it would have been even better capturing more of the trees in the foreground to give it a more depth.
Regards
Daniel

alford (3897) 2005-05-10 4:12

Hi Paolo! The sky and sunset colors are wonderful! I just noticed there's some noise on the lake. Very good POV, you showed the right amount of sky and landscape. rgds.

greg64g (11193) 2005-05-10 4:25

Hello Paolo

this is a grea picture by the panorama and the colors, i like the light on the water too.

this is as a dream.
well done
cheers
greg

gaby (19793) 2005-05-10 6:25

Hi Paolo,
Great art - you are the king of the sunset - terrific colors - wonderful
Thanks
Gaby

clodreno (0) 2005-05-10 6:41

a very nice image Paolo..a beautiful sunset with the typical cypress tree in the foreground.. I love Como and the lake.
Beautiful composition...
another 3 weeks and I 'll be in Bologna (home).. and Milano to vote on the 29th , at my consulate there..

jemaflor (38867) 2005-05-10 7:14

Superb ! What a beautiful color ! Good framing. Well done.

jjbach (9101) 2005-05-10 8:28

Excellent sunset composition with fantastic colours. The dark silhouettes are terrific. Beautiful texture of the sea! Well done!!

Regards John

manny (21378) 2005-05-10 12:50

So peaceful. So quiet. The colors added to the mood of this pic.

Manny

chinchini (27333) 2005-05-10 14:00

Bonsoir Paolo,
Très belle peinture avec ces couleurs mordorées. Le contraste est bon avec une surface du lac pareille à un miroir. Très bonx niveaux du relief. Bien fait !
Pierre

dabri (1692) 2005-05-10 15:47

Ciao Paolo,
vedo che fotografi anche montagne....
Concordo pienamente quanto espresso sui nostri laghi prealpini.
Ovviamente anche il Lago di Garda, dove abito, non è affatto male.
ciao,
Davide

Zepi (22848) 2005-05-10 16:44

Hello,
Whouaaaaaaaaaaaou!
Superbes composition,magnifiques couleurs!
Une vue incroyable
Beau travail
Amicalement
Sébastien
Encore

dsidwell (9745) 2005-05-10 23:55

Really lovely photo, Paolo! The composition is very appealing, with the darks adding nice substance to the lovely colors!

It is a bit oversharpened at left. See the little white lines around the trees? Still, it is a magnificent scene, and well captured.

cessy (13647) 2005-05-11 0:54

I have been to this lake, IT IS beautiful
and you managed to capture it so lovely
excellent Paolo

PixelTerror (86032) 2005-05-11 5:05

Ciao Paolo,
Very nice view that combines the warm sunset lights with a beautiful scenery, colors are of course beautiful and the scene great, just there is a little bit of noise in your photo, strangely not in the sky that's clear and fine, but it's visible in the lake water.
Have a nice day,
jean-Yves

oochappan (22026) 2005-05-11 5:23

An excellent composed warm colored view over this lake, the mountain balance out the trees, what a nice glow of light you captured here.
Congratulations
Henk

Gix (3559) 2005-05-11 10:51

riciao Paolo,
come vedi ho abbastanza 'pallini verdi' da impallinarti!
E direi che la foto lo merita ampiamente! Non commento sullo sciovinismo (ho una sorella in Francia), ma il lago è davvero bellissimo. Ma tutti i tramonti lì sono così ?? Non potrei reggere la concorrenza, a meno che non passo dal Garda...
Comunque anche le lagune (Venezia, Marano, Chioggia...) non sono male quanto a tramonti.
Per adesso vinci tu 6-0, soprattutto per il cielo, il punto di luce e colore è eccezionale.
Vorrei averne un poster!
Congratulatios, excellent work!!
Giorgio

nilolabrador (1469) 2005-05-11 14:17

Ho fatto un giro in barca sul Lario il giorno prima ((07/05)
con un tempo splendido ad ammirare le ville dei "potenti":
Versace, Sevchenko and so on. Magnifico! La foto e' molto bella con colori caldi molto riusciti. E' un po' peccato che tu non disponessi un tele potente per avvicinare il Rosa. Sembra che sulla cima ci siano due lenticolari e sarebbe stata una foto killer.

ccooper (836) 2005-05-27 18:11

Paolo,
Visiting this lake is a dream of mine that I have yet to realize. This photograph is lovely, as if it came from my dreams. Italy is stunning in every way and you have shown that in this photograph. very well done!

Xen (584) 2007-09-19 14:08

The yellow of the sky looks almost fake!! There is such a mystical, magical feel to this photo. Very inviting...... makes me want to visit. The water is so still, so tranquil. Fabulous photo.

Bravo!!