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Pikes Peak, Colorado
If you're like me, and you love to take pictures of the fall colors (or color in general), pay attention to light.
Colors can washout when the sun strikes them at 180 degrees. But turn 90 degrees to the right or the left of the sun and the colors tend to become more brilliant.
Even more dramatic is the sun piercing directly through the aspen leaves as in the picture above. The translucent leaves cast a greenish hue on my camera's sensor. This hue disappears if I turned my back to the sun.
It's all about seeing the light.
"Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness." Genesis 1:3-4 New Living Translation
Light is the gift of God. How God shines his light into the world and how we observe this light determines what we see.
God's light shone brightest through his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus called himself the light of the world. The light of God in Jesus appears different to us whether we turn our backs on this light or face it head on. The world appears flat and colorless if we turn our backs to God's light, but face that light full on and the world abounds with color.
God has declared his light good. Through the power of the Holy Spirit may we face the brilliance of Jesus' forgiving love, be surprised by the colors that fill our lives and discover the truth that his light is good.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
Colors can washout when the sun strikes them at 180 degrees. But turn 90 degrees to the right or the left of the sun and the colors tend to become more brilliant.
Even more dramatic is the sun piercing directly through the aspen leaves as in the picture above. The translucent leaves cast a greenish hue on my camera's sensor. This hue disappears if I turned my back to the sun.
It's all about seeing the light.
"Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness." Genesis 1:3-4 New Living Translation
Light is the gift of God. How God shines his light into the world and how we observe this light determines what we see.
God's light shone brightest through his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus called himself the light of the world. The light of God in Jesus appears different to us whether we turn our backs on this light or face it head on. The world appears flat and colorless if we turn our backs to God's light, but face that light full on and the world abounds with color.
God has declared his light good. Through the power of the Holy Spirit may we face the brilliance of Jesus' forgiving love, be surprised by the colors that fill our lives and discover the truth that his light is good.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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