Friday, September 18, 2009

PhotoHunt - Upside-Down

This week's PhotoHunt theme involves upside-down.

The shots were taken from a moving coach on the way from Germany to Switzerland. As the coach was constantly moving, most of the pictures captured were apparently blurry and out of focus. However, these images are some of my best shots and I think this seems like an appropriate choice to share for this week's photohunt.

As can be seen in the pictures, the water is perfectly still and the upside- down visions look almost as the real thing. I could actually rotate this picture upside- down and no one would even noticed the difference. The smoothness of the crystal clear water really helped to accentuate the actual view!



The last two shots show the upside- down reflections of blue sky and snow-capped mountains. The upside -down subjects are clearly visible too and combined perfectly with the actual scenery.





First Commenter

57 comments:

EastCoastLife said...

upside down alright!

EastCoastLife said...

Yeah!! FC! haha....

Long time no chop! :P

EastCoastLife said...

Such magnificent scenery.... can only see in Europe and larger countries.

EastCoastLife said...

Have an enjoyable long weekend! :D

Salitype said...

up side down or down up side..the fact remains the same...it is a scene in perfection!

very calming!lovely!

Tekkaus said...

Ha :D You captured the theme of this week perfectly LR! :)

Tekkaus said...

LR, I notice most of your photos are of gorgeous scenery! :) You really have been to a lot of places huh! You are really lucky o! You have been to so many places. :)

Tekkaus said...

Both these photos are so beautiful! Upside-down indeed.The fist photo is the best. :) Very wide and spacious.

Tekkaus said...

Anyway happy weekend ya LR! take care. :D

keeyit said...

Reflection~ hehee.. nice theme...

wenn said...

fantastic pict..

foongpc said...

Wonderful photos! I love them! : )

foongpc said...

The water is so clear! Beautiful!

Sue said...

Beautiful shots! That first one is especially peaceful looking. Happy photo hunting :) I played too!

Carver said...

Those are beautiful reflection shots. Happy weekend.

CRIZ LAI said...

Reflection could be one way of showing upside down... but mine has a total different meaning. :P

http://crizcats.blogspot.com/

Annie said...

These are wonderful shots. Water and reflections are one of my very favorite things to see!

Have a great weekend.

jams o donnell said...

Wow those are beautiful reflections. I hope you like my reflection photo too. Happy weekend

Photo Cache said...

fantastic reflections and top notch scenery.

Marlene said...

The third one looks really upside down. But the first one is awesome. Even the clouds can be seen in the water.

Bengbeng said...

i couldnt tell, upside down or not ...perfect reflections :)

YTSL said...

So beautiful -- but how frustrating it must be to just pass by these places quickly on a bus rather than being able to linger at these beauty spots!

Dora said...

Nice scenic pics! Well done. :D

gengen said...

wow all of your pictures are very pretty. Love it...happy Hunting...Mine is ready too.

CY said...

Wow. Amazing landscape pictures of Europe there. Must be peaceful when traveling onside the train and passing by this jaw dropping view. Have a nice weekend. CY.
www.tangcyee.com

travelingsuep said...

Good reflection shots

_el@i_ said...

wow again! you can sure do capture nice images from sceneries! ;)

Randi said...

Great sequence of shots.
Love the sceneries!

magiceye said...

awesome images!!

Ladykli said...

Wow! Simply amazing! I love the last one! But they are all great!

TAB said...

Those are absolutely breathtaking photos.

upto6only said...

lovely. i always love water pictures.

Happy weekend

healingmagichands said...

Very beautiful photos! I love mountains reflected in water, so often the lakes are not still enough to get such a perfect reflection. Even the clouds are clear. So glad I stopped by.

marta said...

Beautiful reflections.

Dorothy L said...

Fabulous reflections!

I can feel the serenity in those photos. The waters are so still and quiet :)

Mrs Mecomber said...

Beautiful photos!

Here's mine... kinda wordy today. I didn't want to go on a trapeze bar and I have no pics of mountains. :S

New York Traveler.net

Have a great weekend!

Susanne said...

Beautiful shots!

Anna said...

Thank you for visiting and commenting on my blog! Good observations on the different answers to this challenge. Your photos of landscapes with reflection are bell-clear solutions to the upside-down-theme. Well done!
Best wishes,
Christina Wigren

shydub said...

This is indeed one pretty presentation for upside down. i love it.

visit mine too http://www.tsangreqz.com/2009/09/photohunt-upside-down.html

Tellie said...

Love it! It makes me wish i had a clear body of water to experiment with :P

Mariuca said...

Hey LR! I have a tag for u, have fun! :)

http://www.mariucasperfume.com/2009/09/bm-tag.html

Monica said...

so beautiful I love it!!! ;)

Monica said...

enjoy yr long weekend LR! :*

Gattina said...

Very beautiful reflections, looks really upside down !

SJ said...

love the shots! esp the reflection!

ps you're invited to comment on my post too =)

Tes said...

LR, beautiful shots and just right for the theme! Perfect upside down photo.

Johnny Ong said...

beautiful sceneries indeed

Ayie said...

hi LR! truly upside down!

Ayie said...

i can't believe you're in a coach and yet you managed to get super clear shots like these!

Ayie said...

what a great scenery!

Shinade aka Jackie said...

Wow I have to agree with Ayie!! These turned out awesome!!

Shinade aka Jackie said...

It's just like a mirror! The first one is truly outstanding!!

Hey are you still uploading your photos via Blogspot and Picassa?

Did you read their new terms closely? I started just to check yes I accept then I decided to read.

If you agree to the terms, anything you upload via Picassa, under Google's new terms, gives them the right to use any image of yours in any manner they choose, including commercial and altering.

So, I went back to Photobucket. I didn't really want to because it takes longer to load.

But, I'm not giving away my copyright to anyone. Even if it is Google!!

Just thought I would mention it in case you did not read it.

I hope you are having a wonderful holiday!!
Hugs,
Jackie:-)

Julia said...

Loved those pictures! Well done. Great theme this week for PH.

Life Ramblings said...

thanks everyone for your wonderful comments and nice compliments.

Life Ramblings said...

Hi Jackie,

thanks for the mention. I'm terrible at reading such documents. if it's true, I might consider using Flickr to post to my blog. i've been uploading my pics via blogspot all this while.

for some reasons, I’ve always found it a bit tedious to upload images to Photobucket. the methods are quite inefficient especially if you have lotsa photos. it takes forever to load pics in some blogs.

levian said...

the water is so clear! this is definitely rare in the country. awesome shots! :D

kenwooi said...

the reflection from the water is just so amazing.. =)

kenwooi.com