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Looking at nature makes you nicer?

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Posted by Jim Erhardt on October 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Article

If that is true, we need to get more people visiting NPN! :wink:
Posted by Hank Pennington on October 14, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Depends on how many people you have to elbow out of the way for a front row seat! :wink:
Posted by Verena & Georg Pop on October 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM
If that is only half true, I must be one helluva nice guy!!! :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Floris van Breugel on October 14, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Decorate with landscapes, seascapes, nature photography or artwork depicting flowers, animals, and/or natural wonders.


Ha! That's a great marketing plug for us! Fill your home with my photos, and you will be a nicer and happier person :jump:
Posted by Mark Stahlke on October 14, 2009 at 7:29 PM
That must be why you meet the nicest people at a nature photography web site. :smile:

Cheers,
Mark
Posted by Jim Greenwood on October 14, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Launch the slideshow at the top of the article and check out number 16 by NPN member Sean Bagshaw (or just click here). I recognized the image due to this recent post in the Weekly Challenge Gallery.
Posted by Howard Cheek on October 15, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Read the article, it makes perfect sense to me..
I'm a classic example..feel more "connected" than ever before in my life.
You should have seen me before I took up nature photography :wink:
The act of observing nature & recording its wonder will always produce a positive result.
It's His way :toast:
Posted by Cheryl Molennor on October 15, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Great article and I believe it 100%. Im the nicest gal you could ever meet LOL :cool:
Posted by John W. Wall on October 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM
I work at a nonprofit, and I sent the article to the fundraising folks. They dug it.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on October 15, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Yep, makes sense to me! I know I'm more relaxed when out of the city and especially if I'm surrounded by nature and ESPECIALLY if I'm surrounded by nature with a camera in my hand! :jump:
Posted by Bret Edge on October 16, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Ask anyone who knows me well; I'm in my best moods when I get plenty of time to hike, mountain bike, camp and photograph. Give me 3 or 4 weeks stuck in the house and office and I get REALLY grumpy.

Interesting read, Jim. Thanks for posting the link.
Posted by William Vrolyk on October 16, 2009 at 5:36 PM
This supports what I stated with my post in the NAD 2009 forum that we are as much a part of nature as the other creatures in it. We do not do as well when taken out of it.

It stands to reason that it makes us nicer. And it makes us happier too. :smile:

Will
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada