Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, 2010 Size:30cm x 40cm captures a bank of spring

captures a bank of spring daffodils against a backdrop of silhouetted trees and a lone figure on the shore

Words: Somya Mehta

still pond in the foreground

The window is dirty but the photographer has captured enough of the reflection

Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, 2010 Size:30cm x 40cm captures a bank of springWhile covering the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, the Guardian photographer David Levene took time out to photograph one of the citys best loved tourist spots, St Marks Square and decided to capture a different view of the adjoining Piazzetta. Using his tilt shift Zrk lens, which is used to correct parallel lines in architectural photography, he played around with scale and perspective, focusing on a handful of tourists (and pigeons) at the