"If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living" -Henri Poincare
Hello again!
Now, this photo was also taken when my family and I went to White Cliff. (Most of the "small details in nature", photos are.)Anyhow... I was taking snap shots when I bent down to examine the type of fungi on the bark of an oak tree. I thought that the fungi was quite neat with it's texture, colors, and just the way that it was sitting on the bark of the tree. When I looked back at the photo that I had taken, I immediately loved it! Because as you can see... the light of the sun that reflects against the crisp curved edges of the fungi, really made it look amazing. (In my opinion.) The actual print of this photo looks quite a bit better. Because the rich creams, beiges, yellows, browns and the blue of the sky, really jump out of the photo and look quite nice. What I also like about this photo, is that just behind the rim of the top of the fungi, you can see the continuous ascend of the oak tree.
I think that this photo really represents that every little detail in nature is beautiful. Now making reference to the quote that I posted up top: it says, if nature wasn't beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature wasn't worth knowing, then life would not be worth living. Because of what I think this photo represents, I think that this quote goes well with this photo. Now, you're probably asking how it does, well I will tell you... Because the photo shows that the fungi looks beautiful with the sun's reflection, it shows that all nature is beautiful. When you think about it... when I said that I had taken a photo of fungi, your initial thought probably wouldn't have been: "Wow! How beautiful!" Now fungi is mold, mushrooms, toadstools and etc. I know that if someone told me that they took a picture of fungi, that I wouldn't think that it was too pretty. But I think that because this photo of fungi has other elements of nature in it, it really shows that every little detail in nature is beautiful.
I quite agree with Henri Poincare... I believe that if we did not know nature, then our lives would not be worth living. I think that it is really important to appreciate all the little things on our planet. As I previously said before in one of my other posts, I think that if we learn to appreciate the little details in nature, we might grow a little bit more respect for our amazing planet. And it really disturbs me how some of us don't care about the nature on our planet and take it for granted. I mean have you ever gone outside to examine a little blade of grass or one line in a piece of bark? I know that I don't do that too often, and I really wish that I did! Because if adults took the time to do things that we children do, there might not be so much clear cutting and destruction of our world! For one thing, if they were to chop down a tree, we children would probably say: "NO!!! Don't do that! You're destroying so much!" Whereas the loggers would probably think that it was just one tree that they were destroying. Yet if they had examined the bark on the tree, the leaves, and every little detail, they would realize that it wasn't just one element of nature, but quite a few....
There is a challenge that I'd like you to do... I'll give you one week to go outside once and examine a little detail in nature. Then, come back and post a comment on my blog saying what little detail it was that you examined, how you think that it is important to our world, and how it gives you more respect for our planet. Then, after a week, the person who best took time to examine a little detail, will win a prize. So go outside and start taking time to look around you...
