A VIEW TO SUNSET

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.
                                        - Denis Waitley
 

Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip - astromeeting.de

Each day on planet Earth can have a dramatic ending as the Sun sets below the colorful western horizon. Often inspiring, or offering a moment for contemplation, a sunset is perhaps the single most photographed celestial event. Did you recognize this as a picture of one? The image actually is a single exposure of the setting Sun recorded near Wasserberg, Germany on May 11. To create the uncommon sunset view the photographer used a digital camera and a zoom lens (a lens with an adjustable focal length). During the 1/6 second long exposure he smoothly changed the focal length while simultaneously rotating the camera, altering the image scale and orientation. The result transforms an objective depiction of nature into an artistic abstraction.

Co-creating artistic views of nature resonates somewhere inside ourselves as a reminder that we are actually co-creating our experiences with nature in the real world. It is imperative that we deeply connect with this awareness and relate with nature in more healing manners - if we are to suvive on this planet.
                                        - Daniel Benor