Inspiration And Assignments: View From Above
I have been wanting to use this photo in a blog post for quite some time but was at a loss for words. Well it appears timing is everything. A few weeks ago a good friend of mine came across a quote that she felt would be perfect inspiration for one of my blog posts. She turned me on to the quote and it turns out she was right on the money with this one.
“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.”
Henry David Thoreau
In many more words than Mr. Thoreau used, this has been my mantra for years.
“I think that people will too often look and not really see. And if I can see for them, to show them what fascinates me about a single leaf floating in a creek, or the morning light highlighting a stand of trees or the seemingly random pattern in a pile of rocks…then I have shared that single experience, that split second in time with them. And if I can give them the opportunity to enjoy that one moment, then I have accomplished what I set out to do.”
Try to take the time out to “see.” It will make a world of difference in your life, and in your photography.
By now you are probably wondering what the subject matter is in the above photograph. I’ll give ya a few hints. It’s not a photo of a mountain range or of a river delta taken from a window on the International Space Station. I’ve never been invited to go up there.
David Heilman 
Froth on waves? 🙂
Good guess. I does indeed look like froth on waves. The answer is coming up.
Hello!
Glad to read a post again.
I think this might be something frozen, like a frozen window, or the surface of something powdered with flour/sugar?
Oh, there can be so many possibilities, it is hard to pick one, but I am sure it is something very small photographed as if it is very large. I remember one of your photos, there were some plants but they were photographed in such a way they seemed to be some huge trees in a tropical forest.
Another good guess Cornell ! But unfortunately it wasn’t’t cold when I took this photo. I do remember to plant photo you mentioned. They were aralias if I remember correctly. close up they do resemble a tropical rain forrest. Answer coming up below!
My guess would be ice? Great to see you posting again!
It does resemble ice. Maybe on a creek or a window…bit that’s not it either. Hey Hey Hey gives me some ideas! Answer coming up!
It does feel good to be posting again.
It DOES look like a mountain range or a river delta, but my guess would be tree bark.
Ahh another great guess! But that’s not it either. seems I’ve stumped all of you. Answer coming up!
I instantly thought of tree bark. But that seems too simple….
Well there are now two votes for tree bark. But that’s not it either. Ok Ok I’ll fess up. I wish there was a way to do a global comment but since I don’t know how, here goes. The image is…the underside of a paint can lid. I was mixing some paint for a customer a few weeks ago, took off the lid, and saw what you guys are seeing.This image is “straight out of the can” so to speak. No manipulation at all. I thought this photo would be perfect to feature in my look/see series. All of you made a fine effort trying to figure out what this photographer presented in this post. I’ll try to go easy on you guys and gals in the future.
Now that’s very interesting. 🙂
These photos stimulate our imagination. It is a good exercise.
lol, great guessing image!
My lid’s off to ya!