Photographer's Note
Tucked in the northwestern corner of Slovenia, between Austria and Italy, Lake Bled's emerald-green waters create a spectacular landscape, with a lush, tiny island and a church tower peeking out of evergreens surrounded by the rocky, snow-covered Julian Alps. Lake Bled comes complete with a sweeping alpine panorama, fairy-tale island, cliff-hanging medieval castle and lakeside promenade.
The first official mention of Bled was in the year 1004, when Holy Roman Emperor Henry II turned it over to the Bishops of Brixen.
Bled proudly celebrated its millennium in 2004. Since the Hapsburg days, Lake Bled has been the place where Slovenes have wowed visiting diplomats. Marshal Tito had one of his vacation homes here, while more recent visitors have included Prince Charles and Madeleine Albright.
It was frustratingly cloudy & cold in Europe the entire week, when we travelled from Paris to Ljubljana...as we travelled to Bled flicker of hope...we saw signs of the clouds clearing and then the sunlight broke through the clouds (and after that was summer! :-))
holmertz, pierrefonds, jhm, PaulVDV, papagolf21, kordinator, Didi, omid266, ChrisJ, adores, ourania, dip, cornejo, COSTANTINO ha puntuado esta nota como útil.
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Nicou
(193806) 2015-06-23 1:26
Hlelo
quelle vue et compo sueprbe sur ce lac tout en rond ce bleu et ce vert de la végétaiton et cette île au milieu avec cet édiffice sueprbe compo.
bravo et amitié
Nciou
emka
(152060) 2015-06-23 2:01
Hi Angshuman, I followed your trip to Europe on Facebook. You visited marvelous places, that I also liked very much, like Bled or Rovinj. Beautiful view of this famous island. splendid dense forests around and marvelous emerald water. Gorgeous landscape indeed.
WArm regrads MAlgo
lousat
(129831) 2015-06-23 3:08
Hi Angshu,it seems to be in a fairy tales book watching your pic.What a magnificent capture of this magic lake,the colors are fantastic and the atmosphere too,top quality as usual.Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano
holmertz
(92724) 2015-06-23 3:17
Hello Angshuman,
What a fantastic view, looking like the South Pacific in Siberia with some Central Europe thrown in. You were very lucky to have some sunshine here. Not even the great charm of the view would have been the same without the fine turquoise tones of the water created by the good light.
I was in northern Slovakia the same day and didn't have even a short glimpse of the sun. It was bitterly cold, windy and rainy.
Kind regards,
Gert
pierrefonds
(103384) 2015-06-23 4:39
Hi Angshuman,
The wideness of the lake is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details of the forest and of the church. The good luminosity is enhancing the colors. Have a nice day.
Pierre
Sergiom
(117241) 2015-06-23 5:11
Bonjour Angshuman
J'aime beaucoup le point de vue choisi sur le lac et l'île. On voit aussi très bien l'environnement immédiat tout en forêt. La lumière et les détails sont beaux.
Amicalement
Serge
jhm
(202823) 2015-06-23 5:13
Hello Angshu,
You play wonderful with light and colours.
Your picture is very well taken, with high sharpness and clarity.
Nice nature picture, very well done, TFS.
Kind regards,
John.
PaulVDV
(54735) 2015-06-23 12:49
Hello Angshu,
I'm not sure if you took this picture near the castle on the rock but you certainly found a fantastic viewpoint.
The water in the lake has a wonderful colour. So have the sunlit forested hills at the other side.
Best regards, Paul
shreya2000
(2815) 2015-06-24 4:56
Dear Dada,
Fantastic panoramic view shared by you. Lovely image. Composition is very good. Nice to see a house in the middle of the Lake. Seems a far deep area of Slovenia.
Regards,
joginder
jjcordier
(79299) 2015-06-25 0:00
Angshuman
Très jolie photo de ce magnifique endroit. Très bon point de vue.
Amicalement
JJ
papagolf21
(152599) 2015-06-29 23:42
Bonjour, cher ami Angshu,
La beauté à l'état pur ! Difficile de ne pas admirer cette composition.
Un grand merci pour la note et le partage.
Très bonne journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe
kordinator
(8738) 2015-06-30 0:03
Dear Angshuman
It's nice that you're a guest in one of the former republics of the old Yugoslavia, whose former republic was and my Serbia.
If you go southeast to arrive in mojudržavu.
It's very nice place.
Nice picture showing Bled lake.
Excellent photo job.
Kind regards
Saša
Matyas
(0) 2015-06-30 0:39
Hello Angshuman! Amazing high perspective. Wonderful landscape. Fantastic small islan, fantastic church. Superb colours. Ideal cut. Fine frame. Well done!
macjake
(96151) 2015-06-30 1:23
Hi Angshu
the first thing which comes to mind when viewing this photo, is where/what POV did you take it from????
were you hiking? were you driving and this is taken from off the side of the road?
what an amazing place, and of course the building has to be a church lol
lucky for you to have seen this, it must have been a thrill to see something like this which is so unique.
cheers
Craig
Fis2
(155425) 2015-06-30 6:36
Witaj Angshu!
A beautiful island with a church.
Wonderful view.
Excellent POV and composition.
Well done.
Nice evening
Krzysztof
mkamionka
(61018) 2015-06-30 8:23
Hi Angshu,
this is exactly what I dream about: a trip along the coast from Lake Bled down to Dubrovnik and even bit further to Montenegro and so. Sadly I would need more time and money than I have available -may be next year I can manage that. Also with my 3 year old daughter it could be too challenging as there are so many place I would like to see along the way.
This spot is first of the miraculous places. Great POV to present it from above and to emphasize its amazing location.
The weather was indeed quite bad but it didn't stop you from taking a great picture.
Very interesting mood almost as if it was raining.
Beautiful work,
M
BTW
I have answered your question about Cyprus under my Cyprus photo, but then I realized that India also has quite bad reputation in media recently. There are so many rapes happening and also on tourists, and police blames them that they are guilty themselves as they went off the beaten track. So to be honest India is also off my list for a while. It doesn't change much though beacuse I wouldn't be able to afford that trip anyway -so this is just an imaginary wish list :)
pajaran
(102460) 2015-06-30 9:40
Dobro vece.
Bio sam na Bledu, ostao mi je u lepom secanju ...
Lep pogled, dobar tekst sa opisom i istorijom ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra ostrina i kontrast, lepa panorama.
Lepa priroda i ostrvo sa crkvom.
Prijatno vece i sve najbolje.
Paja.
Didi
(61587) 2015-06-30 15:23
Salam my friend
Awesome view from a dominant position
Very good lights ambiance
The lights seam comming from the bottom of the lake
You had very good holidays
I hope to see you again
Is your friends are posting in Trekearth ?
Kind regards
Didi
omid266
(6812) 2015-06-30 20:49
Salam Angshu,
what a shot!
i never thought that there are such these places in Slovenia the small but beautiful country,
Wonderfully framed and Thanks!
Heavenly Regards,***
Happy Ramadan,***
abmdsudi
(88423) 2015-07-01 23:25
Namaste Angshu
This is a scene to inspire fairy tales!! Picturesque indeed with excellent detail and what a fantastic weather there, it's thoughtfully and carefully composed image you just want to dive into. The green of the water is beautifully unusual and the church on the tiny island provide a strong focal for the eye to rest. What an incredible location beautifully captured, gorgeous! Congrats & tfs.
Best wishes
ChrisJ
(159862) 2015-07-03 14:10
Hi Angshuman
I am hoping to visit Slovenia when I return to Schengen in September. A fine high pov with good sharpness and an amazing turquoise colour of the water. The little castle on the island makes a fine focal point. Tfs.
adores
(46979) 2015-07-04 16:40
Hi Angshuman!
What a fantastic landscape! The pov is just perfect, I like the little island and the tonalities of the water. Those moments of sunlight really made the difference. Good shot! Hope you had a great time there!
ourania
(51103) 2015-07-05 13:24
Hello Angshu,
what a beautiful place and how lucky for you -and us- that you photographed it in this rare and marvellous lighting condition. I like the mild dynamism of the perspective and the curvy shore, the islet is very well placed, a fascinating principal element within a magnificent natural setting, so vast but with so harmonious colours. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great week,
Ourania
John_F_Kennedy
(43797) 2015-08-07 4:33
Hello Angshuman,
This is a very fine picture with a special mood. The water colours are very nice and the POV with the island and the church in the FG is very well chosen,
best wishes,
Achim
dip
(23892) 2015-08-18 1:29
Hi Angshu,
a wonderful scenery,well captured from a good pov,
thanks for sharing,
Dimitris.
cornejo
(61504) 2015-08-19 11:58
Hello Angshu, excellent view of this interesting island in the beautiful lake, very well captured with great pov in this great and beautiful picture. An interesting image with good sharpness, depth and quality. A great job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good evening and happy rest of the week.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
Angel.
COSTANTINO
(103979) 2015-08-21 8:17
hello dear friend and have a nice weekend
lovely iddylic island
who is the lucky living there?
is this the paradise?who knows
wonderful view of this famous island
i hope to visit it one day
magnificent capture of this magical
lake
welldone and wellseen
regards
costantino
gervaso
(28177) 2015-08-31 5:51
Hello, Angshu!
Lovely little island in the middle of this wonderful sea with incredible colors! The church tower is an excellent focal point here! Very nice composition! Beautiful job!
Photo Information
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Copyright: Angshuman Chatterjee (Angshu)
(56760)
- Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2015-05-27
- Categories: Naturaleza, Arquitectura
- Camera: Canon 60D, Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 DI II VC LD, RAW, Tamron 72mm Circular Polarizer
- Exposición: f/10.0, 1/50 segundos
- More Photo Info: view
- Versión de la foto: Versión original
- Date Submitted: 2015-06-23 1:20
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