{"id":115,"date":"2012-02-05T19:44:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2023-11-01T00:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T00:42:09","slug":"nature-photography-michigan-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/2012\/02\/05\/nature-photography-michigan-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Photography &#8211; Therapy for the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Nature Photography &#8211; Michigan Birds<\/h1>\n<h3>&#8220;Therapy for the Soul&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Nature speaks in silent actions, take a walk, the soul will hear.&#8211; ThirdSon<\/p>\n<h3>Everyone can hear, everyone listen&#8230; to nature<\/h3>\n<p>Try to enjoy the many nature photography and wildlife photos in this first gallery. Open your mind and elaborate on any thoughts and feelings that may be stimulated in your mind. In my personal walk in secluded wooded areas, my observations of nature have truly\u00a0been therapy to my soul.<\/p>\n<p>Nature photography and bird pictures appear help to relieve stress at least in my case anyway.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The silence of nature has the effect to clean the mind of constant noise pollution. Pure sounds and images\u00a0of nature alter the soul, when you \u00a0come close to nature, stress is transformed to calm, when you leave behind the noisy hustle and bustle, you are now amongst the truly civilized.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014ThirdSon<\/p>\n<p>I wish everyone who view these nature photos, benefit in a way that nature intends you to. Visit the ThirdSon\u00a0<a title=\"Nature Photography - Michigan Birds\" href=\"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature Photography Michigan Bird Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>National Geographic&#8217;s Annual 2011 Photo Competition<br \/>\nThis Michigan photo won\u00a0<strong><em>editors&#8217; favorite<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<em><strong>NG<\/strong><\/em>\u00a02011 photo contest.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_86\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-86\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86\" title=\"Michigan Bird Photographer Ike Austin-Night-Heron - Juvenile I can Make It\" src=\"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Michigan-Bird-Photographer-Ike-Austin-Night-Heron-Juvenile1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nature Photography Michigan\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-86\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nature Photography Michigan<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/ngm\/photo-contest\/2011\/entries\/gallery\/nature-week-12\/#\/17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go See Here: National Geographic Photo Contest 2011<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Therapy for the Soul \u00a0&#8211; Photography that Benefits the Mind<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nTake \u00a0first nature walks slowly, let the silence and the sounds of nature; the rustling of small animals in a pile of leaves, the sound of various mating bird calls off in the distance, this will permit the rare occasional moments when nature will attempt to transfer its esoteric messages from nature to your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Mentally relax and pay attention to what mysteriously draw your attention, this is often natures way of presenting a needed solution or esoteric communication that is meant for you at a critical time in your life. Or, it may simply be a life lesson that nature has detected you can benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Physical needs are not the area of focus during your stroll among nature. Yet strange enough, the way your mind will be altered, can change your life for the better. The mind controls perception thus, emotion can impact health.<\/p>\n<p>As you continue to walk and look around, you will become casually drawn deeper into the silence.<\/p>\n<p>Encrypted messages of nature can strangely manifest themselves in the form of a small creatures. A message might be revealed in the the manner \u00a0in which the animal might sit on a branch looking at you in a peculiar \u00a0way or \u00a0when and how the creature poke its head from out the cavity of a fallen tree stump\u2014you may suddenly feel a non-verbal understand of something related to life in general or about your own personal life, or thoughts buried deep in your mind you thought were secret, but you will discover you have a new revelation on the subject and to your surprise you will began to realize that&#8230; nature knows.<\/p>\n<p>A large raptor circling high above in a cloudless blue sky may emanate a message to your mind providing you a view of life from a higher perspective other than your ordinary ground level viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michigan Birds &#8211; Nature in Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So by planning or just by an act of spontaneity, go take that walk among nature. Get a very different understanding of animals\u2014as we have been taught to call them. But, what do they think of us?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/image-files\/michigan%20bird%20photos.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"nature photography michigan\" src=\"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/image-files\/michigan%20bird%20photos.jpg\" alt=\"nature photography michigan\" width=\"300\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is man earth&#8217;s best friend?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Observe the forest creatures behavior for several visits and see if your perception of animals as being simple emotionless, soulless and mindless creatures will change. Don&#8217;t try to force your perspective of animals, just see if your opinion will naturally morph into a different perspective after a few short visits and close observations.<\/p>\n<p>Go and see if the pollutions of the mind are clarified and the complexities of life become simplified\u2014the answers to what you need is in the walk among animals\u2014so called.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Things Nature Tell Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nature speaks to us all, in silence I hear a deeper truth<\/em>\u2014ThirdSon<\/p>\n<p>When possible, grab that camera take a photo and freeze some of those moments of your experience for future reference and sharing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit<\/strong>\u00a0Home Page:<a title=\"Nature-Photography  - Michigan Birds\" href=\"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Nature Photography &#8211; Michigan Birds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Nature Photography &#8211; Michigan Birds &#8220;Therapy for the Soul&#8221; Nature speaks in silent actions, take a walk, the soul will hear.&#8211; ThirdSon Everyone can hear, everyone listen&#8230; to nature Try to enjoy the many nature photography and wildlife photos in this first gallery. 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