Photograph & Perspective – Skywatch Friday/Falling Leaves

On By TimelessladyIn Perspective, photograph

What a wonderful time of the year! Autumn is near and bringing with it colorful falling leaves. They are so lovely, the greens of summer turning into gold, fluttering to the ground amid the swish of the breeze. Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? But it’s not true and a purposeful deception on my part.

“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” ~ II Timothy 4:3-4

Look a little closer and see the trickery in the photograph.

The leaves aren’t falling at all. I collected several and arranged them on a large spider web to give the appearance of Autumn. In reality not many leaves are changing color yet in my area. The photograph certainly gives the impression of falling leaves. I am strictly an amateur when it comes to photography. Think what a professional could do to fool you into thinking the leaves are actually falling from a tree and not merely suspended on a spider web by someone with the aim to manipulate your thinking and attitudes.

“For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.”
~ Romans 16:18

We live in a time and age when media outlets of all types use lies, deceit, and purposeful manipulation of photographs, video, situations, testimony to depict or twist world events into crafty mind control. Be aware!

“But test everything; hold fast what is good.”
~ I Thessalonians 5:21

This post is part of Skywatch Friday – First Day of Fall 2018 Edition.

24 thoughts on “Photograph & Perspective – Skywatch Friday/Falling Leaves”

  5. Kathy,
    I loved your bold message through this post. We need more people who ” take sides’ and call a ” spade a spade”. These are not times for diplomacy especially when it comes to decisions about right and wrong, good or bad, false doctrine or true. I am constantly in conflict about this. I feel like speaking out against injustice but sometimes better counsel(???) tells me not to.
    I love the “allegory”( correct word ???) you used – using artificiality to portray something that is not. Brilliant and so effective.
    I am sending you an email.
    Susie

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    1. Timelesslady

      Thanks so much Susie…your email blessed me. The big problem for me is I don’t know what to do in the midst of all of this nonsense and falsity. I think we all must stay true to what we believe and know to be true and that is always the starting point.

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  8. This is a good reminder for all of us. There are so many deceivers out there! I wish I could protect my kids (all adults now), and grandchildren, from believing some of the “new” ideas that are making headway in our society. As always, we should test all things by checking out God’s Word.

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  9. Kathy,

    You fooled me with your photography trick. Way to go! Fabulous SWF photos and illustration for your topic of deception. We are definitely living in the day where people fall for blatant lies and half-truths over facts and the right way. Brilliantly done. I’m going to share this on Twitter and FB. Thanks so much for visiting!

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Thanks so much for your comments. They fill my life with sunshine.