POSTCARD: Rays of Light || Pocahontas State Park
" Nature does nothing in vain, and so whatever is, is for the sake of something else."
~ Aristotle
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The rays of light shine their way through the forest canopy. |
It was a normal morning in the park and as I sit down to write this post I cannot remember what self-imposed task I had set for myself that morning.
As I started to descend down the road. The sound of the electric motor of the vehicle I was driving must have put me into a trance, or it was my random thoughts. As I started to see the bend in the road. I saw the rays of light, beaming through the tree canopy that made their way to the ground. I knew right then I needed to capture the image that I saw. I reached for my pocket to retrieve my smartphone only to realize that I left my phone on my desk.
I quickly thought of staying on my routine task. But I knew I would miss this opportunity to capture the image if I didn't return to the office to grab my phone. While my office is not far away. I felt I was in a race for time. Was I going back in time to see the light rays as I did moments earlier?
A weekend earlier, I was riding my mountain bike and stopped to chat with a hiker. I told him I had been riding the same trails to create a route that would allow me to ride the most trails and limit my riding to parts of the trail twice. He said it must get boring to ride the same trails. I replied that the trail is always changing.
It makes me wonder how many people miss what nature has to offer. Take a different route. Do your routine route in the reverse direction. Nature might surprise you.
My Postcard series is my take on the modern version of the postcard. It's normally one picture with a narrative to capture and share an experience with you, the reader. As with all the images on this blog, I take them with my smartphone or GoPro. The picture above was taken with my smartphone using the native app installed on my model phone. I edited the photo with Snapseed, available for iOS and Android.
Navigate over to our related Postcard Series posts at:
Postcard: Embracing Stillness and Clarity in Nature
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