In my Statement of Intent, I spoke about just how wonderful colour is, and how special we are to have so much of it naturally occurring in this little world of ours. This blog post is a compilation of found images, and a few of my own images(which are nowhere near as impressive), to demonstrate just some of the incredible colours and patterns that are around the globe, naturally occurring in the places we would least expect them to. We should be so grateful to live in a world with such beautiful things. I know for a fact that I will probably live my entire life without seeing most of these, but at least I can appreciate them from a distance.
I don't believe in God, so I cannot and do not intend to thank anybody for these creatures/things. I think the lack of belief makes it even more amazing that they exist.
I intend to draw inspiration from these images, not only from the colour schemes, but the patterns too. I feel that there is an unlimited amount of potential, and I have barely scratched the surface of beautiful things that I could study.
Birds: (not my own images)
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| I think this bird is absolutely amazing! The colour scheme and the way that the vivid green frames the purple is amazing to me. |
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| All I can say about this one is WOW. It's amazing that this is completely natural, and that there is an entire species of this bird, every single one with this amazing, vivid colour scheme. |
My own images:
Pigeons: Trafalgar Square
Swans: Needham Lakes
Unfortunately, the difference between my photography and the photography that I have sourced, is that the foreign birds are colourful, wonderful, mystical things that seem to have been plucked straight from a fairytale, whereas the English birds seriously lack colour. Very boring, in comparison! Which is a shame, because it means that if I did want to explore these tropical birds, I would be unable to give photography from a primary source. Not even zoos (that I am aware of) have these birds, or anything similar to them.
Fungus: (the images are not my own, as unfortunately I live very far from any rainforests)
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| it amazes me that these colours are natural - fittingly, it's named as an "Amethyst Deceiver" |
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| this is genuine photography, and these mushrooms genuinely DO glow in the dark, which I think is incredible |
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| these mushrooms almost look like they should be underwater |
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| this small mushroom seems to glitter - it's very small and cute, and reminds me of crystallised sugar - it looks like it should be on top of a cake |
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| this fungus is my favourite of all of them - the way that the "tendrils" flow out in all directions and branch off, they almost look like waves as they curve and fan out. I could use the pattern of this fungus in my art, and nobody would have a clue that it came from a mushroom, as it is just that strange, almost ethereal in nature. I had no idea that this beautiful thing existed until today, and I probably never would have - it's a shame that the beautiful images on this thread are not better known (having said that, most of them are probably very poisonous and better left alone!) |
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| another mushroom, the same breed as the blue one 2 images ago, but this time, the cap is not round and smooth, it is winding and tubular much like a brain or intestine! very strange |
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| these mushrooms almost look like metals, or glass! I love the metallic sheen, which we would never assume to be naturally occurring in nature |
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