Often ordinary encounters are easily dismissed, the are pushed aside and deemed as mundane.
It is rare that one realizes the tremendous impact such an encounter can have on the otherworlds, I say otherworlds because there are worlds other than our own, yes, worlds that dwell in ours, worlds we do not even realize are part of ours, so intertwined and interwoven they are, that we simply see them as a miniscule part of our own.
(different "factions" of ants having a good ol battle royalle)
Yet these worlds are not ours, if we were to find ourselves there, in these otherworlds, would we be able to survive, would we cope with the vast differences? These worlds have rules different from ours, their inhabitants function differently to us, their social structures are worlds apart from that which we know. What we might call community they might call colony, we have leaders (in most cases) they have rulers, always.
(The face of the Ruling Hopper King, a grass hopper or locust inspecting possible new territory)
These worlds are mostly minute to us, we often miss them or simply ignore them because of their size. They are still there...
(A poor lonely Brown Widow, they fade somewhat after killing their first husband and no longer have the right to the tittle of Black Widow, or maybe they become more black the more husbands they kill, I don't honestly know as my arachnid is somewhat rusty and this particular lady was not very chatty.)
I have seen them... I have changed my perspective and grown to their level, shrunk to their size to gain a better understanding of these worlds within our own.
I tell you now, it is frightening...
(This mini Titan seems prehistoric, he belongs to the family Beetle, again I could not communicate with him as I have not learned to speak Beetlic.)
We know not the horrors beneath us.
(All images are my own and are part of a macro photography series I am working on titled Darklands the Otherworld)
This is a cool post, I like how you put it into perspective that even though we don't often take note of them, they are still there :)
Thank you... yes, perspective is a very interesting thing once we realize how easily we can change it. Seeing things from an insectoid perspective is kinda scary are absolutely everything is bigger than you, the cool part is that when you return to your natural perspective things are somehow different.
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I have often been fascinated by the macro world! Many insects and small creatures have character and faces you can't unsee once you look closely enough! I took a shot of a dragon fly's face in macro and it looked like a smiling monkey! Great captures and an awesome write-up describing the otherworlds and the terrors that lie beneath our feet!
Indeed! My wife and I also got the opportunity to take many macro shots of a dragon fly, they are such smiley creatures! I really like beetle faces, the look very serious. Thank you for your kind words. May we long explore the otherworlds!
There are such sights to see if we have the eyes to see! I am thankful that macro gives us the option to focus our perspective and appreciate the smaller things in life in all it's beauty and splendor! I always like how small the beetle's heads are in relation to their bodies. You are most welcome and keep up the great work!