"Chimó"
Hello dear friends at #Hive!....
¡Hola estimados amigos en #Hive!...
Sometimes the day seems to get off to a bad start... People seem to be talking at the same time, it's raining all the time, the heat and humidity seem to penetrate our clothes and suffocate us, it's difficult to do anything outside... It's those days that we would never want to have, but that are bound to happen from time to time (at least here)...
Algunas veces el día parece comenzar bastante mal... Las personas parecen hablar todos al mismo tiempo, llueve a cada instante, el calor y la humedad parecen penetrar la ropa y sofocarnos, es complicado hacer cualquier cosa fuera de casa... Son esos días que nunca quisiéramos tener, pero que es inevitable que sucedan de vez en cuando (cuando menos aquí)...
So, since I retired from the company where I used to work and I can have my time, what I usually do on those days is to sit in front of my PC and rummage through my thousands of RAW photographs that I usually save, select one and edit it until I like the result, which is almost always in black and white...
Entonces, desde que me retiré de la empresa donde trabajaba y puedo disponer de mi tiempo, lo que suelo hacer en esos días es sentarme en frente d mi PC y hurgar entre mis miles de fotografías en formato RAW que suelo guardar, selecciono una y me dedico a editarla hasta que me gusta el resultado, el cual casi siempre es en blanco y negro...
So this is my entry to today's #monomad challenge... "Photos for catharsis" ;-)
Así que esta es mi entrada al reto #monomad de hoy... "Fotos por catarsis" ;-)
Arrival / Llegada
I usually spend up to an hour editing a photo from RAW, sometimes it takes me longer... But it can also happen that it only takes five or ten minutes to get a result that I like... it all depends on the photo and the mood I'm in at the time...
Suelo pasar hasta una hora editando una foto desde el RAW, algunas veces me toma más tiempo... Pero también puede suceder que basten solo cinco o diez minutos para obtener un resultado que me guste... todo depende la foto y del animo que yo tenga en ese momento...
Preschool / Preescolar
When I do this "therapeutic" exercise (I guess I could call it that) I usually use photos with different themes, I usually like it better because in each photo I find something different to do to bring it to a result that I like.
Cuando hago este ejercicio "terapéutico" (creo que así podría llamarlo) suelo usar fotos de distinta temática, eso suele agradarme más porque en cada foto encuentro algo distinto por hacer para llevarla a un resultado que me guste.
Abandonment / Abandono
When I spend hours on this, it often seems as if the problems "slowly disappear"... With every photo I edit, with every shadow, every contrast, every luminosity chosen for desaturated colour... Yes, there is no doubt, many of our discomforts lose intensity when left alone.
Cuando invierto horas en esto, suele suceder como sí los problemas "se esfumaran lentamente"... Con cada foto que edito, con cada sombra, cada contraste, cada luminosidad escogida para color desaturado... Sí, no hay dudas, muchos de nuestros malestares pierden intensidad cuando se les deja en soledad.
Oblivions/Olvidos
At the end of the day, I always feel better after working on some photographs than I did before. So it has become a "healthy habit" for me to choose to get through the bad days by the hand of this lovely hobby.
Al final de todo, siempre me siento mejor después de trabajar en algunas fotografías, con respecto a antes de hacerlo. Así es que se me ha hecho una "sana costumbre" optar por sobrellevar los malos días de la mano de esta encantadora afición.
Contrasts/Contrastes
Thank you all very much for appreciating, for reading and for always being here... :-) I send hugs!
Muchas gracias a todos por apreciar, por leer y por estar siempre aquí... :-) ¡Envío abrazos!
END / FIN
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotografías para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Cámara: Nikon D7000 | Objetivo: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela.
Congratulations. Today's #monomad first place is yours.
Thank You very much for participating and for being part of the Black And White Community!
Thank you very much my bichromatic friends!.... That photo has caused a lot of talk here at home (*) :-) ... I'm glad that you liked it too!... I send a big hug!
(*) Yes, our family are a bit weird people, we meet to talk about photos, dogs, cats, cows,birds, yoga, plants, the weather, etc. in the evenings (some in person and others by video call, it doesn't matter)... ha ha ha....;)
Beautiful captures @jlinaresp 😎 they look so great in black and white.
Yes, I do the same… sometimes I spend a long time editing a photo sometimes it can be quick.
Thanks for sharing 😁
Dear friend @littlebee4 , thank you very much for reading, I am delighted thank you liked these photos!.... Happy weekend and greetings! ;-)
Que buena elección de fotos, quedan perfectas en blanco y negro! buen post!
Muchas gracias por pasar y apreciar! ;-)
Really nice photo of the road and trees
Thank you very much my friend, I am delighted that you like them!.... Best regards!
I like the photo of the preschool. It captures them in a candid moment, discussing whatever children talk about, with all seriousness. It is a beautiful piece of street photography, as are your other pictures. You have a great eye for composition.
Thank you very much dear friend, I also loved that photo for its eloquence... Again thank you for your kind comment, best wishes to you, happy day!
A thousand thanks for appreciating!.... ;-)