Truth – Truth Alarm!

Posted by kairospix (Singapore, Singapore) on 4 May 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

I just shared with my students during yesterday’s life-skills lesson that sometimes the only way for one to really know oneself well is when we each come face-to-face with a personal crisis, one that brings us to the end of ourselves.

At such moments, the pain of such a shattering crisis becomes like a shrill loud alarm going off, waking us up from our slumbering stupor, forcing us to really see the truth of who we really are deep down within.

When that happens, the germination of a seed buried deep within begins and the time now has come for personal growth.

Welcome crises as friends; welcome them as truth alarms.

Camera - Canon Powershot G6
Lens - Canon 7.2 - 28.8mm (approx. 35 - 140mm)
Capture date - 01 May 2007
Aperture - f 3.0
Shutter speed - 4/5 sec
Shooting mode - aperture priority
Exposure bias - 0EV
Metering mode - Pattern
ISO - 100
Focal length - 28.8mm (approx. 140mm with Macro Mode)
Stablization - Tripod
Cropped? - Yes
Post-processing? - PS CS2 a border; LRoom processed
Lighting? – Indoor Fluorescent Lamp

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Comments (34)

JV from India, India

Beautiful conceptual image. I loved the narration along with the image.

It is true if crisis are seen as call of awakening it has tremendous energy to transform out lives. Crisis give the opprtunity to realise the worth of oneself.

4 May 2007 5:31am

@JV: hi JV, yep we should not "waste" our moments of crises but rather use them as means to make us grow, be stronger, wiser and better people.

tks for coming by and sharing your thoughts! :)

Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada

great shot - I like the green contrasting with the red - very vivid - love your writing

4 May 2007 6:18am

@Art Monkey: :) tks! yeah i played around with the processing and i found the green with red made the shot more impactful :)

tks for your feedback and for coming by! :)

Anup Payyakkil from Bangalore, India

Awesome vibrant colours. And wonderful composition too...

4 May 2007 10:11am

@Anup Payyakkil: tks! your shots are awesome too! :)

tks for coming by :)

elaine from paris, France

cool psychedelic shot!

4 May 2007 10:29am

@elaine: :) tks!

craiger from Vacaville, United States

A perfect shot and true!!!

4 May 2007 11:25am

@craiger: :) thanks!

Duncan Galbraith from Kyoto, Japan

love this one! the compostion and treatment are spot on.

4 May 2007 1:28pm

@Duncan Galbraith: tks for your feedback! :)

Rui Borges from Sintra, Portugal

Great composition, superb colours.
Congratulations! :-)

4 May 2007 3:05pm

@Rui Borges: tks! :)

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

Great contrasting colours!

4 May 2007 4:18pm

@Daroru: tks! :)

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Lovely shot, sharp and the angle works well.

4 May 2007 4:25pm

@Stunner: :) tks!

Celialee from Kyoto, Japan

Love the alarm clock! Yes, crisis is when we have to face up to our pros and cons - and hope that we will make the right decision!

4 May 2007 4:52pm

@Celialee: heh heh yeah i like that small red alarm clock... got it cheap at about S$6.90... that' about 565 yen :)

tks for coming by ans sharing your thoughts! :)

may we all make the right decisions!

Francis from Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Really striking colors in a great composition. I love the blur in the alarm it really tops off the shot. Your writing remind me alot of the stuff I'v ebeen reading lately.

4 May 2007 4:57pm

@Francis: tks for your thoughts and feedback!

glad it served as a humble reminder of the things you have been reading! :)

Kaushal from Netherlands

I liked the shot...but also liked your last line!

4 May 2007 5:02pm

@Kaushal: :) tks! glas it gave you some food for thought! :)

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Good shot and well thought out concept to go with it.

4 May 2007 5:06pm

@Richard_Irwin: :) tks!

alla from Toronto, Canada

Another great shot! I love the green and red together. I like the fact that both clock hands are on 12. It’s a start of something new, something bright and happy.

I agree, these crisis situations are there to move you forward in life, to change you, or to teach you something. You can either learn and change willingly on your own or be pushed and bullied. Either way you will learn and grow.

Great blog ones again!

4 May 2007 5:11pm

@alla: yeah i did set the hour, minute and alarm hands to 12 for an effect! :)

you are sharp! good thoughts there about something new to come when the alaram goes off... while crises aren't pleasant experiences they are nonetheless positive and can lead to something new and even bright and happy :)

yes, we can always learn something when facing crises and you are right it's either we do so willingly or be "forced" into it...

tks for your sharing your thoughts!

badala from Leiria, Portugal

A real festival of colors.

4 May 2007 5:27pm

@badala: tks! :)

SPunkt from -, Germany

Strong colours! I really like your text.

4 May 2007 5:38pm

@SPunkt: tks! :)

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Really vibrant colors! Love the framing!

4 May 2007 5:41pm

@Myst: tks! :)

Scarabaeus from Manchester, United Kingdom

a lovely macro shot

4 May 2007 5:42pm

@Scarabaeus: tks! :)

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

I like your close up way of looking the world - I put you in my daily walk on photoblogs

4 May 2007 6:40pm

@yiannis krikis: :) tks! i look forward to seeing you coming by for a visit! :)

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

Your photos are so very clear and the colours are so, so stunning. I know you have captured complementary colours here but ... wow!

4 May 2007 6:46pm

@Helen: hi Helen! tks for your encouraging feedback! :)

Catalin from Bucharest, Romania

Superb macro shot! good composition and pp. i like your work

4 May 2007 6:52pm

@Catalin: tks! :) do come by again! :)

Paulo Jorge Oliveira from Lisbon, Portugal

Very good one!

4 May 2007 6:59pm

@Paulo Jorge Oliveira: :) tks!

objectif-P from Belgium

en macro comme ça, c'est fabuleux

4 May 2007 8:25pm

@objectif-P: sorry but i don't understand everything written but the owrd "fabuleux" i can guess it means fabulous? :)

anyway tks for taking time to come by and commenting... appreciate it! :)

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Love the saturated colors - very creative image kairospix !!!

4 May 2007 9:01pm

@Jerry: :) tks!

frank from Amadora, Portugal

Good Theme, well exposed, and updated, somewhere anywhere our alarms will bring us to the reality of our lives, we hope that will happen in time. The colors are beautifull the concept of the image and text was very well exposed. Well done.

4 May 2007 9:58pm

@frank: :) tks for your kind comments and for sharing your thoughts! :)

L.Reis from Lisbon, Portugal

Strong colours on a wonderfully framed shot. Realy nice work!

4 May 2007 10:43pm

@L.Reis: :) tks!

ajoeh from Mataram, Indonesia

Very nice color, I like the light reflection .

5 May 2007 12:04am

@ajoeh: :) thanks!

HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States

Great colors and super angle!

5 May 2007 1:24am

@HorseRotorVator: tks! :)

Shiva from Kajang, Malaysia

I remembered the alarm clock bells on Prince's song " starfish & coffee"... very grand shot dood!!!!!

5 May 2007 1:40am

@Shiva: hey dude! tks for the cool feedback! :)

lasiate from Philippines

horloge psychédélique et décadrage efficace

5 May 2007 3:36am

@lasiate: don't understand but still tks for visint and giving your the feedback! :)

Daniel from Olympia, United States

cool!

5 May 2007 4:38am

@Daniel: tks! :)

Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany

Excellent kairospix! Thumbs up ;)

7 May 2007 7:17am

@Manuela Photography: tks! :)

Diya from Switzerland

yes, sometimes it feels like time is up and when it hurts the most...there is suddendly a new opening. every crisis is prepairing us for the acctual transformation from being in this body to be without it again. I love your work, thank you

9 May 2007 11:25am

@Diya: tks for sharing your thoughts - yes life is full of surprises too... like you shared, just when we wonder if we'll ever go on anymore, an opening and then transformation... :)

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Another one of your fabulous treatments of everyday objects. Really impressive! Thanks for sharing those thoughts with us, too.

15 Aug 2007 10:39pm

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