I took this stroll through the streets one of those mornings when the fog isn't quite thick enough to be pitch gray. And then, when it's a bit lighter, the sun looks like a huge, shapeless white patch suspended in the sky, as if someone had turned on a streetlamp and then draped a white sheet between the light and the streets. And so that day, I wandered aimlessly along one of those simple streets that "go downhill" (because here in Montalb谩n, walking west to east is what everyone calls "going downhill," and when it's the other way around, they call it "going uphill"), and well, that day I "went down" towards the outskirts, on the eastern edge of town. But the photos were simple, like those streets teeming with the everyday and usually lacking in novelty. However, there was that strange way the sun illuminated everything, and so each shot had a story to tell... An old bus, a dog backlit, the foundations of a wall that was never finished, lonely streets, old trucks that seemed to be looking at me, a cat, a wall door with graffiti confessing love, and so on until the fog lifted and with it, that strange light...
Esta caminata callejera la hice una de esas ma帽anas en la que la niebla no es suficientemente densa como para ser gris obscura. Y entonces, cuando es as铆, un poco m谩s ligera, el sol parece una enorme mancha blanca sin forma precisa suspendida en el cielo, como si alguien hubiese encendido una farola y luego puesto una sabana blanca entre la luz y lasa calles. Y entonces ese d铆a, camin茅 sin rumbo, por una de esas calles simples que "bajan" (porque aqu铆 en Montalb谩n caminar en sentido oeste-este es algo que todos llaman "bajar" y cuando es a la inversa le dicen "subir") y bueno, ese d铆a "baj茅" hacia las afueras en el margen al este del pueblo. Pero las fotos fueron simples, como lo son esas calles repletas de lo cotidiano y usualmente mezquinas de novedades. Sin embargo, estaba esa manera extra帽a en la que el sol iluminaba todo y as铆 cada disparo ten铆a algo que contar... Un viejo autob煤s, un perro a contra luz, las bases de una pared que nunca se termin贸 de construir, calles solitarias, viejos camiones que parecen mirarme, alg煤n gato, alguna puerta de pared con un grafiti confesando amores, y as铆 sucesivamente hasta que la niebla huy贸 y con ella, esa luz extra帽a...
Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
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.