Tuscan Evening - Chiusure, Province of Siena, Italy

Every time I think back on my visit to Tuscany, this scene is one of the images that come to mind. Before my trip, I had envisioned what the quintessential landscape would look like. The actuality of seeing the Tuscan landscape on the night I captured this photo far exceeded my expectations. Actually, the whole day was quintessential Tuscany. We had started the day with a sunrise shoot, and, after breakfast, we toured a number of small towns throughout the region. Toward the end of the day, we were headed to the town of Chiusure for a late dinner (late for us but not for Italians). On the way to dinner, we had an unscheduled stop to shoot a wonderful landscape scene that was beautiful. When we pulled into the very small town (population 115), we were waylaid again by the scene you see above. Dinner would have to wait a bit longer.