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Natural and Unnatural

by Larry Fischer

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 24, 2010255 views2 comments
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Our world is natural and unnatural, meaning that which occurs outside of humankind's action and those which are created by us.

The sky shows the immense color contained in the visible spectrum of our world with the hint of vegetation.

The fence implies intelligent design which includes the use of natural items for function--again, intelligence at some level. The rest--without a photo of a person--they will have to guess. Even then it might be a guess [grins].

So I'm left with a conundrum: Was the natural world created?

If so, we have to seek, as in this photo contest in which we seek to show us as creators, that which created the natural... because someone out there would share that in common.

My answer, perhaps not for everyone is: I AM THAT I AM

D300
1/80, f:4.5, ISO 200, 46mm eq. 18-200Nikor

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 27, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Or je pense, donc je suis...
I like this pic, Larry, its well thought out, and of course, whoever or whatever made us, made us creatures of rational thought. Being the cynic i am, i can't help but notice the barbed wire, placed in front of the beauty of course, symbol of man's selfishness and pride. Ah well, maybe the aliens can make better sense of it... :biggrin:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on May 29, 2010 at 7:13 PM
The softness of the sky accentuates the hard lines of the barbed wire & fence, is the fence to keep nature out, or to keep us away from nature...
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments