{"id":2219,"date":"2011-08-14T07:02:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T11:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/08\/14\/8142011-blazing-star-against-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2011-08-14T07:48:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T11:48:26","slug":"8142011-blazing-star-against-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2219","title":{"rendered":"8\/14\/2011: Blazing Star against the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Sunday! <\/p>\n

I went back out to the Kennebunk Plains yesterday (see 8\/7<\/a>. 8\/8<\/a>, and 8\/13<\/a>) ostensibly to find Plains Pond which I had seen on the maps, but of course I got distracted again by the stands of Northern Blazing Star. Yesterday\u2019s sky was much smaller<\/em> than last Saturday\u2019s, more homey and friendly somehow\u2026but it still made a nice backdrop for this low angle shot of the Blazing Star. Something a bit different. Not a view you would see unless you intentionally bent down to ground level and looked up. (Which is why I won\u2019t own a camera without an articulated LCD view \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 46mm equivalent field of view, f8 @ 1\/500th @ ISO 160. Program with Active D-Lighting, \u20131\/3EV exposure compensations, and program shift for the smaller aperture and greater depth of field. <\/p>\n

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.<\/p>\n

And for the Sunday thought\u2026it is not a view you would normally see\u2026unless you bent down to ground level and looked up. And what a lot of spiritual truth there is in that! Sometimes, for the seeker, those are the two most important, and sometimes most difficult, directives. Get down to ground level. I am pretty sure that is what Jesus was talking about when he said you had to lose yourself, die to yourself, if you find yourself and live. Lose yourself, die to yourself, get down to ground level. The finding and the living parts are all in the look up<\/em>, of course. And what do you see? Blazing Stars against a friendly sky. Beauty. Life. Possibility. Promise. Hope. And ultimately, love. Blazing Stars against a friendly sky. <\/p>\n

Oh, and I did find the pond too, but that is a story for another day.<\/p>\n

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