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03-NOV-2014

The colors of nature, Peralta Canyon, Arizona, 2014

The saguaros in the lower half of this image represent life. The contrasting top half of this photograph features dead stone, yet nature illuminates it with its last light and brings it to life as well. This story is best told by the colors themselves. The rich greens of nature rise upwards as the saguaro march towards the wall of Peralta Canyon. That very wall will stop their advance – nothing can live on that wall. Yet that harsh stone canyon wall in the upper half of this image glows with the symbolic spirit of nature, as the setting sun gilds the rock, and makes it into a work of great beauty.

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Phil Douglis07-Nov-2014 00:26
Thanks, Guest. I am guessing that this is the comment that you did not see, Iris. But it sounds just like you, so I am assuming it is you. You are right -- the image is meant to contrast two of the most important aspects of the natural world: life and death. The earth here is lush in natural life, while the barren rock is devoid of life, yet both are rich in vitality due to the colors of the setting sun, also a force of nature itself. As you say, it is the amazing colors of nature's last light that not only embraces but also energize the dual presence of life and death here.
Guest 06-Nov-2014 19:04
The extreme juxtaposition of life and death, of the lush verdant foreground and the barren rugged background is given equal sway by the amazing colors of nature's last light that embraces both aspects of this image.
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