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Parnassia patterns! In this case, fen grass-of-Parnassus, Parnassia glauca.

The obvious example of natures contrasts are blacks and whites. So here's a contrary example of tall pale flowers against the sky. Pale Indian-plantain doesn't have the most eye-catching flowers. But their pale color against almost any background pleases eyes and pollinators.

Are the principles of design very much the same as the principles of pollination? Twinflower is in with that!

The first priniple of design listed on Katie's fallen study ards is balane. (Oops, take a second to bang the keyboard and get the c working again.) Then think that nature's fondness for bilateral symmetry would be a good example of balance. And what better example than the inbalance of partridge peas. Their stamens are always off to one side, and images just aren't very pleasing to our eye. Ma Nature can be contrary at times. Not everything is about us?

Value is how light or dark the elements of an image may be. This also relates to contrast. In photography, backlighting often contributes to value. And it helps when the wild geranium grows right at the edge of the shady woods.