THE STORY BEHIND THESE PHOTOS: Our main refrigerator broke down yesterday afternoon, I guess due to the continuous blackouts and power fluctuations we experience here daily. So my wife (literally, the only living being born with the capacity to tolerate me without wanting to send me to a mental asylum) 馃槀 spent all of yesterday afternoon and part of this morning preventing me, by all means, from taking the appliance apart to "supposedly fix it." My wife knows, just as I do, that I am pretty bad at repairing appliances and that, usually, once I try, they end up worse than they were. But she also knows that "obsessive-compulsive" disorder is one of my many "superpowers" 馃槀 so she has her techniques to manage me when the situation calls for it. So, once she arranged for the refrigeration technician to come to the house, she simply said: "Go out to the streets to take photos or whatever while the technician is checking the refrigerator; because if you start bothering him with your ideas and suggestions, you will make the guy hit you, or worse yet, sue you for psychological damage to his person" 馃槀... So, faced with such a proposition, I had no choice but to wander around the town streets during the midday hours, which were agreed upon by the technician to come to our house to repair the refrigerator... And that is how I got all this lovely photographic material to share with you today on #Hive!... 馃榾馃摲馃
LA HISTORIA DE ESTAS FOTOS: Nuestro refrigerador principal se da帽贸 ayer en la tarde, supongo que debido a los continuos apagones y oscilaciones del fluido el茅ctrico que tenemos aqu铆 a diario. As铆 que mi esposa (literalmente, el 煤nico ser vivo que ha nacido con la capacidad de soportarme sin querer enviarme a un manicomio) 馃槀 estuvo toda la tarde de ayer y parte de la ma帽ana de hoy evitando, por todos los medios, que yo desarmase el aparato para 芦supuestamente repararlo禄. Mi esposa sabe, al igual que yo mismo, que soy bastante malo reparando electrodom茅sticos y que, generalmente, una vez que lo intento, los aparatos quedan peor de como estaban. Pero ella tambi茅n sabe que el desorden 芦obsesivo-compulsivo禄 es uno de mis tantos 芦superpoderes禄 馃槀, as铆 que tiene sus t茅cnicas para manejarme cuando la situaci贸n lo amerita. As铆 que, una vez ella concert贸 con el t茅cnico de refrigeraci贸n para que viniese a casa, simplemente me dijo: 芦Ve a las calles a hacer fotos o a lo que sea mientras el t茅cnico est谩 revisando el refrigerador, pues si comienzas a molestarlo con tus ideas y sugerencias, har谩s que el t铆o te golpee o, peor a煤n, te demande por da帽o psicol贸gico a su persona禄 馃槀... As铆 que, ante semejante planteamiento, no tuve m谩s opci贸n que ir a deambular por las calles del pueblo durante las horas del mediod铆a, que fueron las acordadas por el t茅cnico para venir a nuestra casa a reparar el refrigerador... 隆Y as铆 tuve todo este encantador material fotogr谩fico para compartir con ustedes hoy en #Hive!... 馃榾馃摲馃
馃摲 01 - Eduardo, my esteemed beekeeper friend whom I nicknamed "Tagore"... / Eduardo, mi estimado amigo apicultor a quien apod茅 "Tagore"...
馃摲 02 - "Cheo's" old Volkswagen Beetle with its abstract reflection on the metal sheet of a fast food stand... / El viejo Volkswagen escarabajo de "Cheo" con su reflejo abstracto en la chapa met谩lica de un puesto de comida r谩pida...
馃摲 03 - And so I spent some time looking at the edge of the amphitheater's roof, as it was left after the earthquake of June 24th (but also those strange sneakers hanging there)... / Y as铆 estuve un rato mirando el borde del techo del anfiteatro, como qued贸 despu茅s del terremoto del 24 de Junio (pero tambi茅n esos raros tenis colgando all铆)...
馃摲 04 - Man seen through window in abandoned park... / Hombre visto a trav茅s de la ventana en el parque abandonado...
馃摲 05 - A dog wiser than me, taking refuge from the scorching midday sun... / Un perro m谩s sabio que yo, refugi谩ndose del abrazador sol del mediod铆a...
By the way, while I was taking these photos, the refrigeration technician went to our house, checked the refrigerator that was not working, disassembled the damaged part (something like the "timer"), went to buy it himself, installed it, and left the appliance working perfectly鈥攁nd all for less than 10 dollars and in less than 40 minutes!... My wife says that, if I had been present, this would not have been even half as easy and fast! 馃槀... Perhaps she is right after all!...
Por cierto, mientras yo hac铆a estas fotos, el t茅cnico de refrigeraci贸n fue a nuestra casa, revis贸 el refrigerador que no funcionaba, desmont贸 la parte da帽ada (algo as铆 como el 芦temporizador禄), fue 茅l mismo a comprarlo, lo instal贸 y dej贸 el aparato funcionando perfectamente, 隆y todo por menos de 10 d贸lares y en menos de 40 minutos!... 隆Mi esposa dice que, si yo hubiese estado presente, esto no hubiese sido ni la mitad de f谩cil y r谩pido! 馃槀... 隆Quiz谩s tenga raz贸n ella despu茅s de todo!...
馃摲 06 - Basketball at 12 noon sharp... / Baloncesto a las 12 del mediod铆a en punto...
馃摲 07 - A strange photo with that disturbing topless statue at the entrance of the Alvarenga family home... / Una extra帽a foto con esa perturbadora estatua en top-less en la entrada de la casa de la Familia Alvarenga...
馃摲 08 - 1971 Ford LTD windshield breakage... / Ruptura del parabrisas delantero del Ford LTD del 71...
馃摲 09 - A man away from home, while his refrigerator was being repaired... / Un tipo alejado de casa, mientras su refrigeradores reparado... 馃槀
This post is my entry to today's #monomad challenge!... Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
隆Esta publicaci贸n es mi entrada al reto #monomad de hoy!... 隆Muchas gracias por pasar y apreciar!
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTE: Photographs captured with my Nikon D7000 DSLR camera in RAW format, then processed in Adobe Camera RAW for adjustments regarding light, sharpening, contrast and depth... They were then exported to JGP format on which minor modifications such as straightening and adding watermarks were carried out using PhotoScape v3.7
NOTA T脡CNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi c谩mara DSLR Nikon D7000 en formato RAW, procesadas posteriormente en Adobe Camera RAW para ajustes relativos a luz, afilado, contraste y profundidad... Luego fueron exportadas a formato JGP sobre el cual se llevaron a cabo modificaciones menores como enderezado y agregado de marcas de agua usando PhotoScape v3.7
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotograf铆as para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lens: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lens:AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
C谩mara: Nikon D7000
Lente: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lente: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lente: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Montalb谩n, Carabobo, Venezuela.