Ok, I have to admit, I had seen a similar picture of the one above and it blew me away so I wanted to see if I could do the same thing. Whenever I learn something new, my go-to technique has always been to copy someone else. I try to see if I can follow the same steps they took and see if I can come close to replicating what they've done. If I can get close, my next step is to tweak whatever steps I took, to modify the process so that I could call the end result my own.
It was funny, when I was taking this picture today, I had to lie flat on my back and point my camera straight up through a grove of beautiful Aspen trees. The funny thing about it was as I was doing this, I immediately had a memory of living in Hawaii as a small boy, lying on cool, green grass, staring up at this magnificent blue sky. To this day I'm not sure I've seen a sky so blue. I actually laid there for a while, just enjoying the view, comparing it to my childhood memory. Even as I started to notice that I had a bunch of prickly branches, weeds and leaves poking me in the back, I really didn't care. It seemed that for once in a long time I actually took a moment to show some child-like appreciation for my surroundings.
Sometimes I miss my youth. Not that I want to relive anything. But I do miss the simple, carefree moments of life. Perhaps today's experience was God's way of keeping me a little young at heart. I hope He does the same for you...
