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Gianluca Gianferrari | Resilient tree

Name: Gianluca Gianferrari
Picture title:  Resilient tree  
Category: Landscape 
Nationality: Italy
Occupation: My occupation is Bank Officer

Technical information
Camera: Sony A7R IV
Lens: Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 Di III VXD
EXIF: 97mm – 1/15sec – f/16.0 – ISO 100
Accessories: I used only a Tripod: Gitzo GK1545

Gianluca Gianferrari ​says:

These coves are a geomorphological phenomenon of soil erosion that is produced by the effect of rainwater on degraded clay rocks, with poor plant cover and therefore poorly protected from ruscellaning: producing deep furrows in the ground along the side of a mountain or a hill. That location is near the Canossa Castle. It is famous precisely for the castle where the humiliation inflicted by the Pope and Matilda of Canossa to the emperor Henry IV took place, in 1077bc… In that area, the mists are particularly interesting and I have tried for 6/7 years for the optimal condition to take this image that I had in mind. I went back 30/40 times over the year and I finally found the perfect conditions. This tree rises precisely on a thin blade of unstable rock, in precarious balance, like the Nature of our planet…