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Ogoz Island


Ogoz Island
Photo Information
Copyright: Pascal Lutz (phl) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 27 W: 4 N: 27] (118)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-10
Categories: Castles, Event, Ruins
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): TE Suisse 2004 - Île d'Ogoz [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-10-11 20:41
Viewed: 2209
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Friends left me the honor to tell you the story of this island...
I will try to take up the challenge!

Imagine at the beginning of the thirteenth century. The lords of "Pont en Ogoz" have just completed their castle. It includes 4 towers, or keeps, surrounded by a cliff and a moat having a drawbridge. It controls the isthmus by which one reaches the peninsula formed by a large loop of the Sarine river. In the bottom of the cliff and at the edge of the Sarine, are about thirty small houses; it is the town of Ogoz. Dependence of the Savoy county, the seigneury will become, with the partitions and divisions, the first bailiwick of Fribourg. At the beginning of sixteenth century, like numbers fortifications of the times, the castle will be cut up and will become building materials (explaining its current state). Hundred years later, the village will be deserted, prelude to its future disappearance under water after the Rossens dam building in 1948. Perhaps, as a way of saying sorry for falling it into oblivion, the Gruyere's lake will make its treasure of it...

To know some more, and in particular the legends "of the two towers" and the "bridge of Tusy"... (in French).

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Beautiful landscape scene. The warm lighting and brilliant greens are wonderful. The reflection adds more texture and life to this very nicely composed photo. Well done.

The clouded mountain gives us a picture with two kinds of weather at the same time. The castle being warmly lit by the sun therefor seems like a safe haven.

Gorgeous colors. They are so rich and beautiful. The reflection is like a painting. The topography of the hills rising up are so nicely seen in this photo as they gently roll upward. I like the fingers of clouds at the top of the ridge. It's a scene of what looks like a utopia. Very nicely captured.

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12521 W: 267 N: 16535] (66138)
  • [2004-10-12 2:42]

Hi Pascal, what a great and beautiful landscape, excellent depth and perfectly reflections, the extraordinarily colours, the smal village, general splendid, my compliment!

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  • orme Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2014 W: 139 N: 1496] (6586)
  • [2004-10-12 3:39]

A very beautiful shot, Pascal. Excellent colours and detail.
I like how the trees dominant the landscape. The reflection at the bottom is also nice. Well seen and framed.

Beautiful landscape and the reflections give it that extra touch. Well seen.

Just beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!

Salut Pascal, Merci pour ta note photographique, elle est très instructive. Mais par contre je crois que tu as du perdre ton Canon PowerShot. Amicalement ciao/jr

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  • Didi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6304 W: 3307 N: 7714] (28612)
  • [2005-02-22 19:15]

Récemment une équipe de TE se sont donnés rendez-vous en ce lieu et nous avons eu droit à un excellent reportage.
J'apprécie bien la luminosité et la saturation des couleurs.
Le défi est bien relevé et le commentaire est parfait.

Ho! La La. Quelle surprise en cliquant sur cette photo. Je suis presque tombé de ma chaise. Quelle belle prise de vue, une profondeur qui nous amène au fond de l'image et aboutir dans ce nuage (brume). Superbe détails et couleurs. j'irais même jusqua dire que le pylone électrique et les fils au centre s'agensent avec ce décor pitoresque. Tout simplement Bravo! avec ungrand "B".

Salut Pascal,


Superbe, et tranquille, nette comme du cristal. Cela nous donne envie de passer quelques jours en Suisse pour une randonnée qui nous permettrait de rencontrer ces paysages féeriques.

Bonne fin de semaine - Izzet

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