Nature photography is defined as “a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.”  I agree that it encompasses that but it truly so much more.  For certain it is wide ranging since it includes the complete natural environment that we exist in.  I am of the belief that it can include a great deal of man made elements that have come to exist together with the natural world.  Old pioneer structures such as barns, cabins and even an old school house built hundreds of years or more ago appear to emerge into and become a part of the natural environment.  To me, they appear to have always existed there.  My passion is nature photography in all of its forms.  I especially love the Smoky Mountain nature with its mountains, stream and rivers, plants and animals.