And Now …

Posted in Insects, Life, Love, Macro Photography, Meditation, Nature, Photography, Relaxation, Spirituality, Sustainability, Truth? by Mark on 04/09/2015

… for a little light entertainment from the wilds.

The simple elegance and beauty in the form and being of … a beetle.

Tagged with: Human Nature, Life, Love, Macro, Meditation, Spirituality, Truth

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treesshrubs said, on 06/09/2015 at 10:06 am

Oh gawd!! What an amazing critter! An echo of other’s sentiments : ))

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- Mark said, on 06/09/2015 at 10:37 am
  
  Indeed, and amazing that we went to the trouble of devising ways of seeing them.
  
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Cate said, on 06/09/2015 at 3:53 am

Lovely image, and a wise observation: “…a name tends to get in the way of seeing, a psychological filter of what is.” Labels are functional as a sort of shorthand, but also dysfunctional in just this way.

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- Mark said, on 06/09/2015 at 6:15 am
  
  True Cate, and who better than a recovering journalist to realise that. :-)
  
  Beyond the practical function of naming human nature has made it an obsession that generates a massive potential for delusion – the world we made and live in.
  
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gaurav1729 said, on 04/09/2015 at 12:17 pm

I’ve been seing these…fungus beetle?

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- Mark said, on 04/09/2015 at 1:16 pm
  
  I used to know, then I forgot … But a name tends to get in the way of seeing, a psychological filter of what is.
  
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David said, on 04/09/2015 at 12:16 pm

Fabulous photo with really nice color and composition and excellent exposure.

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- Mark said, on 04/09/2015 at 1:14 pm
  
  Thanks David. Exposure can be a balancing act and the background can make a good one better in composition – nature is unmatched for variability.
  
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Gordon Simpson said, on 04/09/2015 at 12:07 pm

As usual Mark, a wonderful image. The Beetle itself is a Thing of great beauty.

Gordon

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- Mark said, on 04/09/2015 at 1:14 pm
  
  Thanks Gordon. It is, all natural things are until we impose some judgement on them.
  
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