About's 10 kilometres south of Montalcino stands this beautiful abbey. The 12th-century Benedictine monastery is surrounded by nature in the form of ancient olive trees and cypress trees.
The village of Castelnuovo dell'Abate can be seen in the background.
I was looking for a nice foreground and wanted the old olive trees also in the picture plus the village in the distance. Under this beautiful tree I found shade and the image I had in my mind.
A polarisation filter gave me the nice clean blue sky.
My name is Jaap Bosma, involved in photography for more than 50 years.
Over the years, I have collected a lot of beautiful prints on my hard disk from which I have made nice photo books via the Blurb website (type in Jaap Bosma and you can view them)..
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