Wednesday’s Photos
Nature’s Inspiring Wooden Sculptures
On a recent canoe ride going south from Taite Creek towards Octopus Creek, my wife and I spotted some amazing structures along the shoreline of the Southern Arrow Lake. These gigantic sculptures designed by Nature in pleasing forms and shapes of purest abstraction are a marvel to look at and enticed me to capture them with my Canon Powershot camera. Here are a few examples from our theme based trip. Enjoy.
The Peter and Gertrud Klopp Family 
The last pic is very nice!
I would have walked around the tree and made at least 100 pictures, haha.
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Well, you don’t know how many Peter took, do you? 😉
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That’s right. 🙂
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I shoot about 20, but select only a few. I think that most photographers handle their massive collection in a process of weeding out the ‘bad’ shots.
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I usually shoot more. Well, not of the exactly same motiv. For myself I hope to replace quality by quantity. 😀 But seriously, ina way that works. It wants a lot of weeding, though. But that’s the advantage of digital photography.
As to replacing quality by quantity: I read once that if 2 million chimpazees keep hacking at 2 million typewriters for 2 million years, there will be a Shakespeare Sonnet among the products, as all statistically possible variations will have been generated. I have no idea, though, if that is correct. But it sounds good. As I teacher, I used to tell that to verbose students, with the remark that they were neither chimpanzees nor had 2 million years to produce something of good quality. 😉
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Thank you for your thoughtful comment on quantity vs. quality, Pit! Greetings from a retired teacher, Pit!
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Love these natural pieces of art. Lucky you to be our canoeing. Thanks for sharing these.
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The love of nature is what connects us with each other. Thank you!
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Lovely photos of these amazing views.
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Thank you, lonely author!
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I simply love those gnarled old trees: great pictures, Peter!
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Yes, they are in their special art category.
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Great works that nature could create. Beautiful shots, Peter.
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Thank you so much, Nurul!
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Peter, enjoyed the outing and beautiful natural wood sculptures. There are so many beautiful things to discover in nature.
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I am so glad you like the photos, Hazel.
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Nature is the greatest artist! Lovely photos Peter.
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Yes, we all can learn quite a few lessons from her art work.
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Nature, the artist, has never been outdone by humans, in my humble opinion.
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Tanja, this also my opinion based on many years of observing the marvels of nature.
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Good that you were in a canoe, so Biene couldn’t take them all home … 😉
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You guessed it correctly. Our yard is already filled with the smaller wooden statues she found at our beaches.
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I am also completely crazy about stuff like that.
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There is something almost nightmarish about them—can you imagine running into them at dusk when they’d look like multiple arms reaching out to grab you?
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Indeed at dusk, our imagination runs wild when we bump into their clutches.
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Nature’s sculptures, indeed. Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures.
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Nature is creating beautiful sculpture by itself, which you have captured so amazingly, dear Peter
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Finally I can thank you for your kind comment, dear Cornelia. It means a lot to be praised by an accomplished photographer.
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Wonderful pictures. And a great way to go along with you on your canoeing expeditions.
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Thank you, Ankur! I am so glad you liked the photos.
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Incredible photos, Peter! The last one is particularly striking.
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Thank you for the kind comment! Very much appreciated!
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