Outside my hotel in Nashville is a winding two lane road that leads back to the interstate. On one side of the road is a densely wooded area with a small stream meandering through it. While on the opposite side of this road are a couple of hotels and the noisy interstate. Guess which side of the road I like to walk on. I walk the wooded side where there is no sidewalk and the trees provide shade and the much needed soothing sounds for my soul. If we walk slowly along these areas where nature is alive we have the chance to see its exquisite works of art through its composition, lines and curves, textures, light, color, tone, and creativity. As a photographer I’ve attempted to present what I saw and experienced when I got up close and down on my old knees to experience Natures art. If anyone has read John Muir’s writing you will find that he also got down on his knees to see this incredible world of nature we live in.
Nature photographer, Guy Tal, has an interesting post on the need to understand art in order to be an artist. We need to be students of art and what greater teacher than Nature.
4 Comments
David Leland Hyde
Hi Monte, Nice flowers, or “flauw flauws” as my dad used to call them. I just tried to e-mail you. Are you still taking e-mail at the same one? Did you know your contact page doesn’t work?
Monte Stevens
Yes, I have not been able to figure out the contact page of my blog so it just sits there with a blank look on its face. I do need to get it figured.
Mark
When you look at the tiny details of flowers like these, it is hard not to be impressed by nature’s attention to detail. I often wonder the evolutionary route flowers like this take to ultimately form the shapes that they do.
Monte Stevens
I like how you think deeply into natures processes and ask why. That’s one of the reasons you’re an excellent nature photographer.