"AGUA DE OBISPO", RURALITY AND FOG - PHOTOGRAPHY STORIES FROM MONTALBAN, VENEZUELA
Those of you who follow my blog here on #Hive (and thank you for that, my friends) may have already seen my selections of photographs taken in these rural areas south of my hometown (Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela). This is a place whose paths I frequently travel. I do so for various reasons: to exercise, to relax, to observe nature, and —most importantly— to take photographs, because, above all, I am a photographer wandering through these places, and everything else tends to become secondary...
Aquellos de ustedes que siguen mi blog aquí en #Hive (y gracias por eso amigos), quizás ya han visto mis selecciones de fotografías hechas en estos predios rurales al Sur de mi pueblo (Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela). Este es un lugar cuyos caminos suelo recorrer con cierta frecuencia. Lo hago por diversas razones: para ejercitarme, para relajarme, para observar la naturaleza y -principalmente- para hacer fotografías, porque antes que todo, yo soy un fotógrafo deambulando en estos lugares y todo lo demás tiende a hacerse secundario...
The "Agua de Obispo" valley is crossed by a paved road that extends approximately 5 km from the town center. However, there are also secondary roads, many of them dirt and others used as trails. Everything here is ideal for long walks, as there is little four-wheel drive traffic. Furthermore, in the morning, it is easy to find people commuting to work in the fields and also exercising. The entire route is flat, except for some gentle slopes found in sections where a stream crosses the path. It is also a delightful route for cycling, precisely because of its flat terrain.
A el valle de "Agua de Obispo" lo atraviesa una carretera pavimentada la cual se aleja hasta unos 5 Km del centro del pueblo. Pero también hay caminos secundarios, muchos de ellos de tierra y otros agostos como senderos. Todo aquí es ideal para hacer largas caminatas, ya que el trafico de vehículos de cuatro ruedas es escaso. Además, en horas de la mañana es fácil encontrar gente yendo y viniendo a sus trabajos en los campos y también ejercitándose. Todo el trayecto es plano, salvo por algunas pendientes suaves encontradas en los tramos en los que algún arrollo atraviesa el camino. También es una ruta deliciosa para hacer paseos en bicicleta, precisamente por lo plano de su relieve.
"Agua de Obispo" is—obviously—part of our municipality, also called Montalbán, but unlike the town center, this area has remained very rural and used for cattle ranching, as well as for the planting of grass, tobacco, and other crops. Therefore, here you will see farms, plots of land, and other types of properties with some infrastructure for these agricultural activities. This creates a view where the human and the natural converge in a charming way, which is ideal for taking photographs like the ones I'm sharing with you today in this post.
"Agua de Obispo" es -obviamente- parte del nuestro municipio también llamado Montalbán, pero contrario al centro del pueblo, esta área ha permanecido muy rural y destinada a la cría de ganado así como a la siembra de pastos, tabaco y otros rubros. Por lo tanto aquí observarán fincas, parcelas y otros tipos propiedades con alguna infraestructura para ejercer estas actividades agropecuarias. Entonces, esto propicia una visión en donde lo humano y lo natural convergen de manera encantadora, lo cual es ideal para hacer fotografías como las que estoy compartiendo con ustedes hoy en esta publicación.
Perhaps the best time to visit "Agua de Obispo" is in the morning, especially when there's a dense fog blanketing the valley. Then the paths and the landscape in general take on magic, and visual puzzles begin to appear everywhere, just waiting to be photographed. One of the most enchanting sights to observe on these densely foggy mornings are the dew-covered cobwebs. As you can see in my photos, they can even capture your attention and make you spend quite a bit of time observing and photographing them.
Quizás las mejores horas para visitar "Agua de Obispo" sean las de la mañana. Y especialmente cuando hay niebla densa cobijando el valle. Entonces los caminos y el paisaje en general cobra magia y los acertijos visuales comienzan a aparecer por doquier, esperando únicamente que se les dispare una foto. Una de las cosas más encantadoras de observar en estas mañanas de niebla densa, son las telarañas cubiertas de rocío. Las cuales, como pueden observar en mis fotos, pueden incluso robar la tención y hacer que uno invierta bastante tiempo observándolas y haciéndoles fotografías.
When the inhabitants of Montalbán refer to "Agua de Obispo" they simply say: "over there in the countryside" or "along the country road" and this place is just that, a very rural and pleasant space... Curiously, the town itself was founded in 1732, but since 1630 there are records of Spanish settlers requesting the construction of a church, and at that time they wanted to do it precisely on "the site of Agua de Obispo." So according to this, these lands were inhabited by families even before what today forms the urban area of the municipality. You can get more information by clicking on THIS LINK which I have used as a source.
Cuando los habitantes de Montalbán se refieren a "Agua de Obispo" lo hacen simplemente diciendo: "allá en el campo" o "por el camino del campo" y es que este lugar es eso, un espacio muy campestre y agradable... Curiosamente, el pueblo en sí fue fundado en el año de 1732, pero desde 1630 ya hay registro de colonos españoles solicitando la construcción de una iglesia y en ese entonces querían hacerlo precisamente en "el sitio de Agua de Obispo". Así que según esto, estas tierras estuvieron habitadas por familias incluso antes de lo que hoy forma el área urbana del municipio. Pueden conseguir más datos pulsando en ESTE ENLACE el cual he usado como fuente.
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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 TÉCNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi cámara 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 fotografías para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Lens: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
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always magical those spiderwebs with dew drops on them .
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I think one of these days I'll have to take my old tripod and dedicate myself only to those cobwebs!... They certainly are beautiful!... Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation, my friend, have an excellent weekend!
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I am truly captivated by your photographs, especially the spider webs covered in morning dew, the thick fog that creates an air of mystery and fills me with questions about what lies beyond. The fog makes everything more interesting, and it is intriguing to see natural spaces, especially trees covered in it. I wonder if it's safe to walk there, but I suppose it is, since there are only people working in the fields.
It's an area where people respect nature in a harmonious way, and I like that. The most spectacular photographs are those with the spider webs, but also the path where you can see people in the distance, or the penultimate one, which is so interesting and mysterious. Thank you, as always, for your great work. I loved walking around there through your post. Hugs!
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More than four decades ago, when I was a boy of about 11 or 12, I used to walk these roads (all unpaved back then) and I liked arriving at my godparents' hacienda to have breakfast there. But I was always late for breakfast because I spent so much time looking at cows, the fog, and those same cobwebs, which I can now preserve in photos 😀🙏... The place is practically the same today, as if frozen in time, fortunately... And yes, it's a safe place to walk. There's very little car traffic, and the only people there are coming and going from the fields or exercising... That second-to-last photo is of a forest surrounding the house of a hacienda called "La Esperanza," where the last heir lives. He's around 80 years old, has few friends, and doesn't like being photographed. Everyone calls him "Mr. Pérez," and he's quite a character. He still takes care of his goats and cows and makes cheese and sells milk... He doesn't open the gate of his farm except to take out his old tractor, the rest of the time he "just climbs the fence and jumps to the other side" That's how incredible his physical condition is!... I need to take a picture of him, but I know it will be difficult because of his elusive nature... But I have certain tricks 😄, so I'm sure I'll be able to photograph him at some point... This is a town where there are stories even under the stones (so my father used to say) friend @avdesing... I appreciate your visit, your motivating comment, your appreciation and support... Many greetings and happy weekend to you!...
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Saludos, feliz sábado.
Están muy buenas las imágenes de hoy, me gustaron mucho las tomas de las telarañas, sobre todo la que tiene las gotas de agua de lluvia, se ve genial.
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¡Esas telarañas enamoran ciertamente amigo @osomar357! 😀... Gracias por pasar y apreciar, ten un excelente fin de semana!
The atmosphere is simply magic!
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Saludos @jlinaresp, excelentes fotografías como siempre. Gracias por compartir, éxitos.
Hola amigo @franciscomarval!...Muchas gracias por la visita, el comentario y el aprecio!!!...
Bellísimo lugar "Agua de Obispo" 📷👏 Aún más bellas tus fotografías.
Siempre se dice que la cámara no le hace justicia al lugar, pero en tu caso yo creo que cada foto es un bello homenaje digno de admiración ♥️
😍🙏 Gracias por este motivador comentario y por apreciar mi trabajo amiga @ceciliajess!... Ten un feliz fin de semana!
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