Photo ©2011 and Commentary ©2026 by Chuck Davis
Monday, April 20, 2026
In today’s image of Lower Tuscohatchie Lake, I used several photographic techniques to draw the viewer’s interest. First, I waited until the sun was going down. We call this the golden hour, when the light is soft and produces a warm glow on the landscape. Second, I tried to include something of interest in each of the three zones of the image (foreground, middle ground, and background). Then, I used the floating logs as “leading lines to draw the viewer attention into the scene. I also used the light and shadows to provide an illusion of depth, to turn a two-dimensional medium into something more lifelike.
Our view of God is like a photograph. Initially, He is remote, but if we allow it, as we look for Him, He becomes visible. In His Word, in nature, in creation, if we look for Him, His image begins to resolve. “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” (1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV).
I used the technique of leading lines in this photograph to take your eye to hidden details. Even so, in careful study of God’s word, in the bible and the physical world, you will be led to know Him. I encourage you to study Him and to discover His dimensions.