Tree and Wall. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
A tree grows against a textured and weathered wall in Orvieto, Italy.
Although I don’t think of myself as _just_ a “nature photographer,” my roots are in that sort of photography. Even when I’m focused more on street photography or travel photography, I am still drawn to nature subjects. In fact, sometimes I find them almost more compelling set against the urban landscape — partly because seeing them there reaffirms their significance to us a humans and partly because of how these things relate to that urban world.
I photographed this tree in Orvieto, Italy. While the tree is “natural,” its setting is anything but. It grows right up against this weathered and distressed wall in a narrow walkway between tall buildings. Direct sunlight only penetrates do the bottom of this urban canyon briefly, and the rest of the time the scene is in shade. (As with so many of these cityscapes of narrow streets, I am reminded of photographing in the red rock canyons of the American Southwest.)
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
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