Nature Pictures

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In the rush of our everyday lives, we may not always have time to stop and SEE the roses, much less smell them!  While many people may consider a framed nature picture just a casual decoration to be passed without notice by the hurried observer, the art of nature photography brings with it a long and storied tradition.  There is indeed more than meets the eye, at least at first glance, in each of the diverse nature pictures presented in our collection.  These sublime images represent work by talented photographers whose deep, patient observation of natural themes is reflected with stunning vibrancy in each two-dimensional manifestation.  A beautifully framed nature picture that captures a carefully selected subject within a precise intersection of light and shadow can hang upon your wall like a mirror to your own soul.

In the words of Henry David Thoreau: “Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”  Indeed, the seemingly limitless unfolding of detail that can be found in nature, whether searching the heavens above or peering down upon the most miniscule of subjects, is what draws so many to an art form that requires an almost scientific knowledge of intricately designed lenses.  The same photographers that bring us nature pictures of the most ambitious scope - such as a yawning canyon at dusk or the razor-sharp line of a desert’s horizon - will in the next frame draw our attention to the delicate texture of a hibiscus bloom or a desert lily in the pink glow of sunrise.

Our beautiful nature pictures present moments frozen in time which - paradoxically enough - help to illustrate the timelessness of nature’s beauty. While exquisite rock formations may still exist in the state captured by the photograph that hangs upon your wall, it is very likely that a particular flower or leaf will already be long gone.  Yet its color and form seem to be preserved forever before your eyes.  In this way nature seems to have found a sort of afterlife through this art form.  Each fleeting pigment, meticulously crafted by Mother Nature’s mysterious hands, is given new life by our ability to see it, capture it, and present it before the eyes of all we know and love.

By studying nature, as well as its representation in nature pictures, we learn unspeakable lessons that are analogous to the mysteries that order our own lives.  Nature follows clearly identifiable patterns yet never repeats herself once.  Nothing lives forever, yet somehow nothing is ever completely destroyed.  Life churns endlessly alongside death.  Even ashes nourish the soil and make their way through the roots of trees, only to find at the end of their winding journey the possibility to burn anew.

All of the nature picture prints found here represent the most passionate work by the finest photographers of our day.  While you may not have the opportunity to commune with nature as often as you like, thanks to these talented artists we can bring you the most succinct expressions of beauty unearthed by their countless hours of study.  It is all that is unseen that makes these nature pictures so special: the thousands of angles passed over, the millions of subjects deemed unworthy, and the often heartbreaking wait for that essential, though brief, touch of light.