Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge: Editing and Processing (Mother Nature’s Influence)

29 May 2017

Lens:

1. Crab Apple Blossom; 2017 Sally W. Donatello All Rights Reserved

2. Crab Apple Blossom; 2017 Sally W. Donatello All Rights Reserved

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Pens:

Nature offers limitless inspiration, especially as each of her progeny easily can influence human nature. She spills onto the human arena through, for example, elements of art and design. They manifest themselves with a steady force and imprint; they become inextricably linked to our inventiveness.

Mother Nature’s aesthetics continually encourage my own experimentation. Winter’s spare individualism pushes what has often been unseen by other seasons’ narratives. But Spring, which is magically unfolding in my part of the world, is stacked with day-to-day discoveries–discoveries that push our visual senses and explode creative boundaries. This spiritually-charged season forces perceptions to surface and find meaning.

In the Lens section is a reinterpretation of a crab apple blossom. It is a macro slice of that flower’s daring designs, tiny cloud-like abstract petals meant to hide in plain sight. To move from the original (click here) image was a process of intuition mixed with fixation on an idea of the flower’s hidden dimensions. The two images are only slightly different, showing a bolder side of a Spring’s early blossoming.

Design characteristics found in nature are a constant instigator of human creativity. Nature wields a powerful wand and we respond with marvel and possibilities.

Whether hidden or brazenly in front of us, these influences have brought insight and innovation into humanity’s story. Mother Nature convinces us to be in the moment or even lounge in appreciation of her wonder, rendering each part of the natural world significant to our own inner and outer survival.

Tip of the Week:

In the search for the “Tip of the Week” I found a relevant TED Talk from 2014. “The World’s Best Creative Director: Nature” by Helen Walters, editorial director at TED, shares an interview between Tim Brown and Janine Benyus.

From TED Talks’ website: “What’s that too-often quoted aphorism? “Good artists copy; great artists steal”? In this nuanced conversation, biologist and founder of Biomimicry 3.8 Janine Benyus speaks with Tim Brown, chief executive of IDEO, to discuss what’s really interesting about borrowing.”

Benyus and Brown discuss how we learn from nature. It’s worth the read.

View other entries for this week’s challenge:

https://ohmsweetohm.me/2017/05/29/

https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/anticipating-passion-flower-for-sally-ds-photo-challenge/

https://zimmerbitch.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/fun-with-the-digital-colouring-in-book/

https://wordandimagecollages.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/photographic-minimalism/

Note: As always I welcome comments about this post or any part of my blog. My photographs for the mobile photography challenge are taken with an iPhone 6. If you are interested in purchasing a print or have any questions, please view the Contact Information found on the masthead.

How to join this Mobile Photography Challenge: please click here for details and history of the challenge. If you have any questions, please contact me. Here is the monthly schedule with themes for upcoming challenges:                                                                                            1st Monday: Nature                                                                                                                           2nd Monday: Macro                                                                                                                              3rd Monday: Black and White                                                                                                         4th Monday Challenger’s Choice (Pick One: Abstraction, Animals, Architecture, Food Photography, Night Photography, Objects, Panorama, Portraiture, Photomontage, Still Life, Street Photography, and Travel).

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