The Unexplored

[Evolute]

I wrote another blog post that might be of interest to you all, on this forum.

It's actually part of a larger article, and the larger article is about photography, not about the wilderness. But this second part of the article is about some things that are still relevant to nature lovers.

I'm in the middle of an argument, on a private forum of professional photographers. Some of them claim "It's all been done"/ "Everything that can be photographed has been photographed"/ "There's nothing new under the sun". I say this is a complete crock.

And so we're arguing about it.

I told them I would write a lengthy article, where I thoroughly refute the idea that it has all been done, already. This second part of my refutation of the notion that "It's all been done" shows that the natural world still has plenty left unexplored, plenty of new discoveries, yet to be made.

I hope you enjoy it:

http://naturography.blogspot.com/2009/10/infinite-possibilities-part-2.html

Cheers,

Mike

P.S. Note that the picture in this one is NOT one of my pictures; it's a picture taken by my friend, Ron. I was with him, when he took this shot, though.

 

[batosai117]

That is some good stuff, saying that there isn't anything left to discover and take pictures of is like telling a knife knut that there are no more designs. There's an endless supply of things to discover and photograph. Every picture is from a different eye, so even a dozen pics of the same animal/flower/river is unique by who it was taken by.

Keep on shootin' Evolute :thumbup:

 

[fujita yuji]

You are absolutely correct that vast majority of the Earth is still unknown to us.
To be added, this planet is constantly changing, including the eco-system.

By the way the news on newly found caves in your article are so exciting!
Thanks for sharing!

 

[OldPhysics]

I wrote another blog post that might be of interest to you all, on this forum.

It's actually part of a larger article, and the larger article is about photography, not about the wilderness. But this second part of the article is about some things that are still relevant to nature lovers.

I'm in the middle of an argument, on a private forum of professional photographers. Some of them claim "It's all been done"/ "Everything that can be photographed has been photographed"/ "There's nothing new under the sun". I say this is a complete crock.

And so we're arguing about it.

I told them I would write a lengthy article, where I thoroughly refute the idea that it has all been done, already. This second part of my refutation of the notion that "It's all been done" shows that the natural world still has plenty left unexplored, plenty of new discoveries, yet to be made.

I hope you enjoy it:

http://naturography.blogspot.com/2009/10/infinite-possibilities-part-2.html

Cheers,

Mike

P.S. Note that the picture in this one is NOT one of my pictures; it's a picture taken by my friend, Ron. I was with him, when he took this shot, though.

Sounds like the state of physics around the end of the 19th century. Yes, everything was understood. Nothing new under the sun.

Then ... relativity, quantum mechanics ... everything broke loose and has stayed loose.

I never accept an argument of this sort. And I suggest that you similarly reject it.

It's nothing but human arrogance. We've been around a very short time, you know. To claim we know it all is nothing but the petulance of the very young.

 

[Evolute]

To be added, this planet is constantly changing, including the eco-system.

The next section, The Ephemeral Argument, will address this.

Thanks.

 

[Evolute]

Sounds like the state of physics around the end of the 19th century. Yes, everything was understood. Nothing new under the sun.

Then ... relativity, quantum mechanics ... everything broke loose and has stayed loose.

I never accept an argument of this sort. And I suggest that you similarly reject it.

It's nothing but human arrogance. We've been around a very short time, you know. To claim we know it all is nothing but the petulance of the very young.

I can assure you I will continue to reject the "it's all been done" notion.

I generally agree, though I wouldn't necessarily attribute arrogance to all of the people who believe this. Such beliefs can arise in many strange ways, for many strange reasons.