Swiss Journey 7 – Bern 1, a photo from Bern, Ouest

Photographer's Note

This series of photographs is offering a short journey around Switzerland, a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, bordering with France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Italy.
Switzerland (the Swiss Confederation) consists of following 20 cantons (states) and 6 half-cantons: Aargau, Appenzell Ausserhoden*, Appenzell Innerhoden*, Basel Landschaft*, Basel Stadt*, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchatel, Nidwalden*, Obwalden*, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug and Zurich (*=half-canton).
From each canton I’ll post 2 photos and from each half-canton 1 photo, total 46 photographs.

Bern

The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population, located in west-central Switzerland.

It is mainly drained by the River Aare and its tributaries. The area of the canton is commonly divided into six regions. The most populated area is the Bernese Mittelland on the plateau north of the Alps.

The northmost part of the canton is the Bernese Jura bordering the Canton of Jura. The Bernese Oberland is the mountainous region which lies in the south of the canton.

The canton Bern borders cantons of Jura, Solothurn, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Vaud, Valais, Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau. The capital city is Bern.

I have taken this photo in Old City of Bern showing the River Aare, Nyddeg Bridge (built 1840), the oldest bridge in the town, the Undergate Bridge (built in 1461-1489) and the second oldest church in the town, the protestant Nydegg Church (built in 1341-1346).

City of Bern is situated 95km southwest from Zurich and 130km northeast from Geneva.

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krzychu30 (15512) 2012-07-29 3:57

Hello Miro,
the POV you choose for the shot provides us with really fantastic,panorama view of the Bern.The architecture looks very interesting and nice.Also the overall quality and colors saturation are superb.
Have a nice sunday
Krzysztof

SWEETFREEDOM (24623) 2012-07-29 4:31

Hi Miro,
i have been in Bern and i liked it very much
good p.o.v. details and colors.
regards
Alessandro

pierrefonds (103663) 2012-07-29 4:41

Hi Miro,

The distance between the two bridges is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details and colors of the church and of the buildings. The afternoon light is enhancing the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Miguel82 (47108) 2012-07-29 4:58

Miro,
An beautiful view of Bern
We can appreciate the architecture of this city
Great pov
Sharp photo, good contrast and fine colors
Regards

mauro61 (53411) 2012-07-29 5:40

ciao Miro,
mi piace molto questa immagine dall'alto sull'angolo antico della città con il ponte e il verde del prato.
Colori ben trattati.
Buona domenica
maurizio

npecanhuk (79329) 2012-07-29 8:01

Hello Miro!
Very beautiful cityscape!
Very attractive picture of it!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, chosen pov and composition truly pleased me!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

rbellemare (2109) 2012-07-29 9:10

Hello Miro,

What a great POV. The view is extraordinary. Great Sharpness and frame. This city is beautiful.

Great job.

Réjean

JFS (32459) 2012-07-29 9:12

Hi Miro!
I love this perspective of Bern, city that i like a lot. The sun was on holidays that day...but the light is quite good. thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Juan

baddori (20341) 2012-07-29 9:26

Miro
A view from above showing the run of the river and two deck levels.
Architecture in respect of 'the original canon, high ceilings and skylights.
The slender tower with copper roof.
A Swiss who are visiting centers in its most characteristic.
GF

wolf38 (30) 2012-07-29 10:55

Hello Miro. The view from the top of Berne is terrific. The image contains many details. Informative text. An ideal image for TE. Rgds, Wolfgang.

bukitgolfb301 (53894) 2012-07-29 17:50

Hi dear Miro, how are you?

Another very significant city view shot!
Wonderful historical and tatseful city indeed, all in one for this shot! Calm and tasteful color touch is so wonderful. Thanks for your sharing with the finest shot and have a good start of a new week! Best regards,

Takero in Tokyo

eldancer1 (36343) 2012-07-30 9:01

Beautiful capture of this Swiss village. Those are some old houses! Good pov and dof with nice details. Well done, tfs.

adramad (67078) 2012-07-30 15:47

Hello Miro.
This is a fabulous composition from a high point, the panorama is superb, beautiful vision of the river with two bridges, charming building of houses, which are an ideal complento image.
A good light, a beautiful color and sharpness suitable for recreation in the details.
Best wishes.
Luis.

ikeharel (105977) 2012-07-31 2:20

Hello Miro,
Wonderful POV over the old town Bern. As a matter of fact I have a pic. posted when I stood on the bigger bridge facing the opposite direction to this post.
The town is most picturesque and you conveyed this nicely.
Regards
Ike

shevchenko (20560) 2012-07-31 3:06

Hi Miro,
Good bird view shot to frame an old town by the river, clear to show the geaographical feature of the valley too, what a beautiful old town and scenery that full with poetic flavour, thanks for sharing a fascinating view.
Ally

maria-v1981 (10966) 2012-07-31 6:10

Hello Miro,
A superb high vantage point with good sharpness and superb lighting contrasts & natural looking colour. The bridge literally looms over the village below. I do love the colours from the buildings is a nice pallete.
Enjoy the day,
Tfs,
Maria

jemaflor (135520) 2012-07-31 12:40

Hi Miro,
Good pov on the town with bridges and church but the sharpness is not perfect, pity ...

fabbs99 (17179) 2012-08-04 5:05

Dear Miro

Nice shot of the old city.The tall buildings and the bridges connecting the two sides of the town reflect the beauty of the place. The overall composition is excellent lest it could have been a little more sharper.

Regds ~ Farhat

kato (11630) 2013-08-23 6:53

Hi Miro,

You're capturing well this cityscape by a good angle and excellent tone, so it's interesting and impressive to see the compact city with a variety factors of river, bridge, houses and mountains. It draws out a good atmosphere for the winding river, old houses with red roof, the church with spire at right side. And, the a row of grove standing along the slope draws out an additional tasteful atmosphere in this image. This is beautiful photograph like the painting. If I want the desire a little, it's more better when increasing the sharpness a bit, in my opinion. However, I want that you don't mind.

Kind regards,
mikio

jcpix (14030) 2013-09-03 17:08

Hi Miro,

Even with the many countries you've visited, and the pictures posted, I still find myself generally coming to your Switzerland gallery. :) Here's another example of something that stood out for me today...a winter picture, during summer!? Crazy, I know...but it just caught my eye! What a great capital city...so much to see and do, and yet it still feels small and quaint. Loving this vantage point, having a great perspective over the bridges in this part of town and showing the surrounding landscape of the city center. A very well layed out and thoughtful composition to include so much, all of it being vital to the cities make up. Hard to believe it was late December, there's still green grass! :) A truly delightful image from Bern. Have a pleasant day ahead. take care.

Friendly wishes,

Jason