Gorge, River, and Forest. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
A river flows through a narrow moutain gorge past forest near Peja, Kosovo.
We spent four nights in Kosovo, where we were lucky to stay in the home of a local, the father of a member of our extended family. Because of our relative’s close relationship to the country — he was brought up there — we saw and experienced things that you might miss on a traditional tourist itinerary. For one thing, on several occasions he steered us to some remarkable mountain terrain, landscapes that rival “my” Sierra Nevada. On this day I made this photography he promised us steep canyons and gorges. We were not disappointed.
Trying to explain exactly where I made this photograph is a bit complicated. From the town of Peja (like many Kosovo towns it also has other names.) we headed into the nearby Albanian mountains, which rise from the edge of town. Here we headed into a very narrow mountain gorge, so narrow that in a few places the driving became rather “interesting.” I persuaded the group (of mostly non-photographers) to make a brief stop so that I could photograph. Here the river flows past impressively, the valley walls are covered in vegetation, slopes rise to much higher ridges, and the canyon becomes very steep and narrow.
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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