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In the Shadow of Mountainsby ~AndyMumford

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Landscapes

First submission in a while, been away from DA. Apologies for not keeping up with comments and stuff

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So here’s a shot from the high plain of Piano Grande in the Sibillini Mountains of Umbria.
The tiny village is Castelluccio, population of a couple hundred people, and a handful of mangy dogs. This place is cut off for a couple of weeks a year from the snow, there’s one road in and one road out. It also has some of the most dramatic views over one of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen.

This shot was taken as the last light of the day shone between two peaks and picked out the village. I had to hang around waiting for about 15 minutes for the light to do what I wanted.
I used a telephoto lens to compresses the village against the distant mountain side.

There’s lots more shots from the same area and Umbria here [link]
Title taken from Steve McCurry's awesome photography book.

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Taken on the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
Nikon D3 w/ Nikkor 80-400mmVR
Gitzo GT2541 tripod w/ Gitzo GH1780QR ballhead
Hoya Pro1 CPL
1/750 | f5.6 | 400mm

Workflow in Nikon Capture NX2. Title in PS

Thanks in advance for any comments or faves. Sadly, I no longer have time to reply to individual comments, but I do appreciate people taking the time to look.
Any questions, please note me.

~strangelight Dec 10, 2009

Most welcome as always

~JamesHackland Dec 1, 2009 Photographer

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!RickyLP Dec 1, 2009

wow
the scale is amazing here mate. What a beautiful place.
Great work with the light Andy, as always. Great image.

~AndyMumford Dec 2, 2009

Thanks Ricardo

`PatrickRuegheimer Dec 1, 2009 Photographer

^{❚ Hi, I featured your Artwork in Suggested Daily Deviations for November - Vol. 5.
❚ Feel free to comment & love the articel. :D}

~kallio Nov 29, 2009

Amazing photo! The composition is awesome as is the light. Just stunning!

~AndyMumford Nov 30, 2009

Thanks so much

~karsten Nov 27, 2009 Professional Interface Designer

wow what a sight, and great photo!

~Inebriantia Nov 23, 2009 Professional Photographer

Stunning image, one of the best I've seen lately in DA... and "only" 232 favs. It looks like people are faving by thumbnail instead of looking at full views, as it's almost impossible to not stand in awe with such image.

~AndyMumford Nov 23, 2009

Cheers José. I knew this wouldn't be popular when I submitted it, but it's a shot I'm really happy with.
To be honest, photography in this place is easy, the location is so stunning that it does all the work for you.
Thanks again mate

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