Tuesday, 20th October 2009
Mountain Charm
by John and Tina Reid
Mountain light and flora combine to make a fairy tale scene in the Swiss Alps near Balalp.
John and Tina Reid
Website: www.catchlightuk.com
Mountain Charm by John and Tina Reid was photo of the day on Tuesday, 20th October 2009. It is tagged Flowers, Mountains. You can leave a comment below.
20 Comments
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Lovely mountain vista. Are the pink flowers the same ‘Fireweed’ that blooms in Alaska? Nice composition, depth of field and color!
mike
Beautiful colors in this scene.
Taiji Guo
Blue sky, colored clouds, far away mountians and close flowers, what a harmonous picture of the great nature. I love it.
Photos by Nik
Great capture the foreground Looks awesome Did you shoot this when the sun was going down
Su
This is a beautiful scene you have some lovely shots on your website too.
Pauline Jones
The plant in the foreground is Willowherb and it is indeed the Fireweed that grows in Alaska. It usually likes disturbed ground as it is an annual and that is why it tends to be one of the first things to colonize after the ground has been burned. It grows in Ireland too, along with some of its cousins. Switzerland is a beautiful country; we should definitely have more photos of it on Earth Shots.
Malta Photography
nice contrasting colors and crisp view.
Rajib Singha
Pleasing landscape!
planet lover
Very nice pic. Love them flowers! I second all the comments and thank Pauline for the notes about the plant.
Marie Dunphy Harding
The Willowherb does add nicely to the charm of your shot.
Ursula
Nice use of lines and thirds!
Renee
Very beautiful! congrats!
Ellen Empson
Lots of interest in this composition, well done!
Grete
What a excellent photography and what a good composition. The floors of the first plane grow also in the south of my country, the Argentine Patagonia!!! Congrats for both.
Maciej
excellent image. Great use of the foreground
Dianne
Such wonderful colors, and great shot. Thank you.
Tim
This truly does capture the essence of ‘Mountain Charm’. Incredible photo, good work
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Thanks, Pauline. One legend I’ve heard is that because the fireweed blooms from the bottom up, when the last blooms open, the snow starts flying again!
John Reid
Hey everyone – thanks so much for the comments and the information on the flora (I had no idea).
It was a very pleasant surprise to see this pop up in my feed reader.
John
Russ Bishop
Wonderful image guys. Missed this the first time around so I’m glad EarthShots reposted!