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Published: 2016-06-19 17:36:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 514; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 7
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Description Between Motta Naluns and Scuol, in the Lower Engadine (Switzerland), August 2014

As the shadows lengthened, a turn in the path revealed this rickety Alpine hut. Set in surroundings which, unusually for Switzerland, did not altogether balance the sheer grandeur of the landscape with neatly trimmed pastures and tamed slopes, it looked almost as old as the rocky mountains it quietly faced. It was a place where the weary traveller might perhaps have learned a modicum of wisdom, had he stayed for a while. But the shadows lengthened...
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Comments: 31

ART-byLinda [2019-07-20 22:58:10 +0000 UTC]

I could live there now, I live in rural Australia, when we bought our property I imagined lush greenery, alas we are always in drought. I love the mountains and treeline in your photo and the flowing green pasture. Beautiful!!!

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to ART-byLinda [2019-07-21 22:54:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ! Over the years, I have come to associate this photograph with the elegiac memory of a summer in the mountains. I am glad you like it (and I hope your times of drought will be less severe in the future).

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tsahel [2019-03-20 00:29:13 +0000 UTC]

superbe endroit !

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to tsahel [2019-03-20 21:16:31 +0000 UTC]

C'est aussi mon avis ! Merci.

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Fuy-Ikki [2019-03-12 06:55:02 +0000 UTC]

C'est super beau !  ça me donne envie de faire un croquis !  Bravo pour cette photo, elle est très bien prise !

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to Fuy-Ikki [2019-03-16 18:31:16 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup, je suis très heureux que ma photo puisse être ainsi une source d'inspiration !

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Fuy-Ikki In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2019-03-16 19:22:08 +0000 UTC]

De rien !

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FougereMarchant [2019-03-11 22:54:42 +0000 UTC]

What a view!!!

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to FougereMarchant [2019-03-12 22:49:46 +0000 UTC]

Un endroit de choix pour installer sa cabane ! Merci pour le commentaire.

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FougereMarchant In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2019-03-12 22:51:27 +0000 UTC]

Je pourrais vivre là quelques jours!

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DebasishPhotos [2018-02-04 16:15:47 +0000 UTC]

Awesome. Love to visit this place.

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to DebasishPhotos [2018-02-06 00:22:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for your feedback ! I'm happy you like this picture.

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DebasishPhotos In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2018-02-06 03:16:57 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome. 

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Vanessafari [2018-02-03 21:40:36 +0000 UTC]

Makes me dream of Apfelsaft mit Engadiner Nusstorte ohne Rahm Beautiful photo.

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to Vanessafari [2018-02-03 23:47:50 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire qui réveille en moi des envies de Suisse... J'apprécie !

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Vanessafari In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2018-02-04 10:10:27 +0000 UTC]

Avec plaisir

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Matakoura [2016-10-28 23:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Awesome composition!

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to Matakoura [2016-10-29 18:47:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !

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Matakoura In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2016-11-05 02:01:12 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Owl-On-Tree [2016-07-19 19:00:20 +0000 UTC]

Très beau cadrage servi par une belle description immersive !

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to Owl-On-Tree [2016-07-19 21:07:46 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup ! Et c'est un honneur d'inaugurer ainsi la collection 'Landscapes'... Bienvenue sur DA.

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Owl-On-Tree In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2016-07-19 21:22:42 +0000 UTC]

Avec plaisir! Et merci  

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DeLumine [2016-07-14 20:43:19 +0000 UTC]

Utterly transporting!

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to DeLumine [2016-07-15 20:07:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ! This being originally a picture I did not specifically intend to post here (more of a personal favourite), I'm very glad you like it.

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Spyderagon [2016-06-30 21:18:13 +0000 UTC]

This is a beautiful photo, though your description of it is even more impressive

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to Spyderagon [2016-06-30 23:07:28 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks for your feedback ! I try to put a bit of effort into my descriptions, so I'm really pleased you mention this.

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Irondoors [2016-06-23 07:44:05 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful picture - I love the contrast between the majestic mountains and the tiny shack.

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to Irondoors [2016-06-25 14:25:12 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks for your feedback ! The sublime landscape does indeed heighten the homely atmosphere of the house, which plays a great part in the attraction of this scene in my view.

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MarieRaine [2016-06-19 20:19:48 +0000 UTC]

C'est magnifique! On dirait presque une peinture! J'aime cette ligne blanche dans le fond, on dirait que la montagne est fendu!
Quelqu'un vit dans cette cabane?

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ReaderByLamplight In reply to MarieRaine [2016-06-20 22:45:10 +0000 UTC]

Je crains que ce ne soit malheureusement qu'un relais d'alpage, inoccupé la plupart du temps... mais j'aime malgré tout le soin avec lequel le propriétaire a délimité son domaine et y a fait pousser quelques arbres, alors que la forêt est à deux pas.
Merci pour ton commentaire !

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MarieRaine In reply to ReaderByLamplight [2016-06-21 20:46:38 +0000 UTC]

Moi aussi, c'est marrant ces petits arbres dans le jardin avec les enormes de la forêt!
J'aime aussi beaucoup le fait que dans une seule photo on retrouve plusieurs de paysage: la montagne, la plaine et la forêt.  Il ne manquerai plus qu'une petit plage à coté haha

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