WALKING THROUGH MARCH - MONOMAD - Photography from Montalbán, Carabobo St., Venezuela (10 pics)
Look, I've dipped back into my archives from this month of March. When I do this I discover that I really am a bit of a strange guy who can wander over and over again the handful of streets around him, and still, despite always being the streets of the same town, come back to find a lot of tiny, complex, eloquent stories, some sad, some joyful and many of them happening “very monochromatically” as it seems to me... I invite you to continue in this post and see this small bunch of pictures which I edited today to share with you in #Hive...
Miren, he vuelto a sumergirme en mis archivos de este mes de Marzo. Cuando hago esto descubro que realmente soy un tipo un poco extraño que puede recorrer una y otra vez el puñado de calles que le rodea. Y aún así, a pesar de ser siempre las calles del mismo pueblo, volver a encontrar un montón de historias diminutas, complejas, elocuentes, algunas tristes, otras alegres y muchas de ellas ocurriendo "muy monocromáticamente" según me parece... Les invito a continuar en esta publicación y ver esta pequeña decena de fotografías que edité hoy para compartir con ustedes en #Hive...
📷 01- A man who says his name is “human” simply “human”... / Un hombre que dice que su nombre es "humano" simplemente "humano"...
📷 02- The dog that keeps watch in the garage... / El perro que vigila en el garaje...
📷 03- A picture at the school entrance... / Una foto en la entrada del colegio...
📷 04- There's always a good photo on the corner where you can buy coffee... / Siempre hay una buena foto en la esquina donde venden café...
📷 05- Mr. Chacho's dog, the day after Mr. Chacho's death... ☹️ / El perro del Sr. Chacho, al día siguiente de la muerte de este... ☹️
I think I don't take pictures exactly for the pictures, because in my review of this March, where all the pictures are at most four weeks old, I found many of them which I forgot to have shot. So, this makes me think that, I take pictures for everything I feel and live when I'm taking them, also for everything I think while I'm processing and editing them... That's strange from some point of view, because maybe this indicates that for me the photos are a means to something else... I think it's all about “creating”, I think that's what I really need...
Creo que no hago fotos exactamente por las fotos, pues en mi revisión de este Marzo, donde todas las fotos tienen como máximo cuatro semanas de haber sido hechas, encontré muchas las cuales olvidé haber disparado. Así que, esto me hace pensar que, hago fotos por todo lo que siento y vivo cuando las estoy haciendo, también por todo aquello que pienso mientras las estoy procesando y editando... Eso es extraño desde algún punto de vista, pues quizás esto indica que para mi las fotos son un medio para otra cosa... Pienso que todo se trata de "crear", creo que en el fondo lo que necesito es eso...
📷 06- “Epiphany” on the Epifanio's wall... / "Epifanía" en la pared de Epifanio...
📷 07- “Another one of those pigeons that seem convinced that they are superior...😁 / Otro de esos pichones que parecen creerse superiore...😁
📷 08- My other way to understand the waterman's bicycle... / Mi otra manera de entender la bicicleta del aguatero...
📷 09- The horse, the carriage, the grandmother and the granddaughter... / El caballo, la carreta, la abuela y la nieta...
📷 10- The kitten who looks under the door... / El gatito que mira bajo la puerta...
This post is my entry to today's #monomad challenge!... Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
¡Esta publicación es mi entrada al reto #monomad de hoy!... ¡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 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: 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
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
Saludos, hace mucho que no veía una bicicleta con el carro de reparto al frente, creo que desde que era chamo.
Lo bueno de los pueblos, es que hay mucha historia en sus artefactos, autos, maquinarias y más.
La foto del gatito bajo la puerta, también está genial.
Feliz lunes.
¡Te invito a conocer y votar, la nueva propuesta de Ecency!
!HUESO
!PIZZA
Este gato de la última foto dice: ¡ay, se acabó marzo! 🤣
I am picking a quite old post from you to thank you in more detail for nominating me for Acidyo's contest, but also to let you know: you will enjoy your time on Hive more if you don't mention me too much in front of him. I am one of the few people on Hive who will stand up to Acidyo and other whales when they are wrong, when they make decisions that hurt the people most in need on Hive, when they attack small communities instead of reaching out and educating the leaders. A lot of people literally cannot afford to stand up because their lives depend partially on Hive and they can't take the downvoting wars that happen ... so a lot of people who think they can do whatever they want whenever they want get REALLY MAD when I put them on blast in English, Spanish, and German so Hive's top three language groups know what is up! I have earned the privilege of being deeply disliked by those who do not have enough concern for the least of these! Just be aware so you don't make enemies for yourself!
I've muted you cause you threatened to use your position as a "top amazon author" to shit talk hive cause I wouldn't hear you out. You're delusional at best and rambly at worst. I'll be muting you on Friday asa well now thanks.
Oh, you are still following me around? I am so interesting in my rambling delusion that you watch my every move? Listen ... I don't have to talk Hive down. I can just repeat how you and a few others tend to communicate with people. Your insults here are prime material and are here on the blockchain FOREVER! Remember that you can't mute that! My record on Hive, what I do, and what I speak for, and whom, is just as immutable!
¿Todavía me sigues? ¿Soy tan interesante en mi delirio incoherente que vigilas todos mis movimientos? Escucha... No tengo que convencer a Hive. Puedo simplemente repetir cómo tú y algunos otros soléis comunicaros con la gente. Tus insultos aquí son material de primera y están aquí en el blockchain ¡PARA SIEMPRE! ¡Recuerda que no puedes silenciar eso! Mi historial en Hive, lo que hago, y en nombre de quién hablo, ¡es igual de inmutable!
Yes same goes for you, I don't wanna waste time with difficult people so I'd appreciate it if you didn't go around telling others they'd be better off not mentioning you as if anyone else is at risk of being muted, it's just you.
You came insulting me in your previous comment, but still want me to know what you would appreciate me doing? That's tragically -- and comically -- out of order, Acid. HOWEVER, for the sake of Hive, I will go this far with you: I appreciate knowing that you are not going to bother anyone else just because they stick up for ME. The way you behaved without common courtesy and respect toward FC and me -- you told me "Don't fuck around to find out" -- REMEMBER THAT? -- after I stuck up for FC and the value of the community he built and the people being encouraged there -- the way you behaved gave me the impression that you are capable of quite bad behavior toward others who you perceive as weaker. Your treatment of both FC and me formed my opinion, but I will be fair: if I see no evidence that you intend to take it further, I will not make the suggestion again to anyone else. For the sake of Hive, I'll go that far with you.
¿Viniste insultándome en tu comentario anterior, pero aún así quieres que sepa lo que apreciarías que hiciera? Eso está trágica -- y cómicamente -- fuera de lugar, Acid. SIN EMBARGO, por el bien de Hive, llegaré hasta aquí contigo: Aprecio saber que no vas a molestar a nadie más sólo porque me defiendan a MÍ. La forma en que te comportaste sin cortesía común y respeto hacia FC y hacia mí -- me dijiste «No jodas para enterarte» -- ¿TE ACUERDAS DE ESO? -- después de que yo defendiera a FC y el valor de la comunidad que él construyó y de la gente que allí se anima -- la forma en que te comportaste me dio la impresión de que eres capaz de comportarte bastante mal con otros a los que percibes como más débiles. El trato que nos diste tanto a FC como a mí formó mi opinión, pero seré justo: si no veo pruebas de que pretendes ir más allá, no volveré a hacer la sugerencia a nadie más. Por el bien de Hive, iré tan lejos contigo.
If you're going against curation, one of the main things that makes this coin and blockchain unique to the thousands others, then yes, I will do whatever I can to protect that.
I do feel bad for the community, but then again they were from the beginning encouraged and taught to buy votes through HSBI, EDS, cryptocompany, etc, etc, and as soon as FS realized he's not going to be able to continue beating the majority of others at earning more and more hive unfairly and with close to no effort as has been proven through the automated posts on his community account that continued for months after he left or his majority of comments just being random shittoken commands, it's fair to say he cared less about the community than I do. So yes, I will get in the way of such people and hope the majority of users on this chain will also stick up against curation abuse.
It doesn't matter the size of the users, go back to my posts from 2019 and look at Korean whales downvoting me with 20-30 million SP because I dared downvote some of their vote-trading and self-voting on shit posts. I don't appreciate you insinuating that I'm on some kind of powertrip to make the lives of users here worse when I spend most of my days coming up with new ways to improve retention, grow onboarding and a lot of other things for the benefit of this chain when in reality I could be doing way less and still earn the same rewards like many here like to do.
I'm definitely not against curation, and even manual curation -- it's not just for no reason that I am getting nominations I didn't ask anybody for on that subject on your post. I would never have known you were doing that, but other people put my name up ... which is why we are here.
I know you by what you did, Acid, with no thought of how to care for that community FIRST, so I have no idea how much of a loose cannon you might be toward others. You didn't have to go on in that manner of public brutality. You hurt so many people that you didn't need to hurt without even an attempt to spell out what you thought was a better practice and give FC and the community a chance to make changes before attacking -- over pennies, though I understand pennies add up, but I also understand there's no user manual for Hive saying FC couldn't or shouldn't do what he was doing." You showed yourself callous and unconcerned about a whole community, Acid. That's a bad, bad look for a leader on Hive, and you are that, are you not? I've read what you just presented -- you are a leader, aren't you?
Furthermore: just how is it that you want to have all your efforts considered when you come out and are insulting and dismissive to people and damage entire Hive communities, but you don't think you have to give that consideration to other people before attacking them? You started the process in a difficult way for a good number of people. Do you think what you've done and what you've sacrificed for Hive means you just get to do things like that but others don't have the right to respond to it as they wish, and even confront you about it, and have their own opinions, and talk about them just as openly as you talked about others and had no care? You get to be difficult, but you expect everyone else to just meekly say "Yes, my lord, whatever you wish"? Just how is that supposed to work, Acid, in a community that is not a monarchy or oligarchy?
Definitivamente no estoy en contra de la curaduría, e incluso de la curaduría manual -- no es por nada que estoy recibiendo nominaciones que no le pedí a nadie sobre ese tema en tu post. Nunca hubiera sabido que lo hacías, pero otras personas pusieron mi nombre ... que es por lo que estamos aquí.
Te conozco por lo que hiciste, Acid, sin pensar en cómo cuidar a esa comunidad PRIMERO, así que no tengo ni idea de lo bala perdida que puedes ser con los demás. No tenías por qué seguir con esa brutalidad pública. Hiciste daño a tanta gente a la que no necesitabas hacerlo sin ni siquiera intentar explicar lo que creías que era una práctica mejor y dar a FC y a la comunidad la oportunidad de hacer cambios antes de atacar -- por unos céntimos, aunque entiendo que los céntimos suman, pero también entiendo que no hay un manual de usuario para Hive que diga que FC no podía o no debía hacer lo que estaba haciendo " Te mostraste insensible y despreocupado por toda una comunidad, Acid. Esa es una mala, mala imagen para un líder en Hive, y tú eres eso, ¿no? He leído lo que acabas de presentar -- eres un líder, ¿verdad?
Además: ¿cómo es que quieres que se consideren todos tus esfuerzos cuando sales y eres insultante y despectivo con la gente y dañas a comunidades enteras de Hive, pero no crees que tengas que dar esa consideración a otras personas antes de atacarlas? Tú iniciaste el proceso de una manera difícil para un buen número de personas. ¿Crees que lo que has hecho y lo que has sacrificado por Hive significa que tú sólo puedes hacer cosas así pero que los demás no tienen derecho a responder a ello como quieran, e incluso a enfrentarse a ti por ello, y tener sus propias opiniones, y hablar de ellas tan abiertamente como tú hablaste de los demás y no te importó? ¿Te pones difícil, pero esperas que los demás digan dócilmente «Sí, señor, lo que usted quiera»? ¿Cómo se supone que funciona eso, Acid, en una comunidad que no es una monarquía ni una oligarquía?
He was a leader as well, I made two videos and over 30 comments and an additional post about the behavior and the further I dug the worse things became. Not sure why I need to rehash these things when they're on chain, a small community of members all getting bought votes and being taught to delegate to earn their own votes back is not the end of the world, hopefully some moved away from that echo chamber and are doing better now from actual curation.
You're similar to him seeing a few downvotes on 1-2 weeks worth of posts like it's the apocalypse after he had been quite LITERALLY farming author rewards for years, can you take a minute to think about how small of a fraction of rewards I removed? Not even a big fraction of unfair rewards. I never even touched anyone in his community. He could've made changes which OTHERS DID and I also asked and pleaded to consider such as @brofund community and cryptocompany.
I'm not going to apologize for voicing my concern over the growing misuse and encouragement of vote buying after the hell we've been through years ago and anyone defending that who also was here at the time should understand that. Else I suspect you're just self-aggrandizing your concern over my actions for attention or to just stand out to paint me in a bad light for wanting to protect the uniqueness of this blockchain.
As a "leader" of sorts it is also normal that not everyone is going to agree with your or be on good terms with you, I can name tens of names of users I've disagreed with in the past for similar shady/suspicious activities regarding rewards that still hold grudges and flock to posts such as from FS because they wanna see me get shit for standing up for what Hive is. If you don't agree with the concept of curation then I can suggest you other blockchains you may be more in-tune with the folks there.
Don't judge people solely based on what they say or how they say stuff, treat them based on their actions here. I've tried giving you that same chance many times because I know you curate manually and reblog and resnap stuff that takes effort, but your unhinged reactions to basic things like me jokingly saying "could you not resnap stuff with the same copy-paste wording every time" is a huge red flag to me that I don't want anything more to do with unstable people such as yourself and FS. and I mean that as kindly as I can say.
As kindly as I can ask it ... who do you think you are that you muting me and not following me around is going to be a problem in my life? What chance do I need from you? Do I have to kiss the ring and agree with you to have a Hive future? I assure you that you don't need me and I don't need you like that! Now, I've already said what I'm willing to do for the sake of Hive -- if you're not going to bother people around me but just mute me, I won't intimate that you would.
I would welcome you finding the block button in FRIDAY and just following through, because we will both be just fine. If you still feel like you need to keep an eye out, still fine: you don't have to trust me because you will see that I am a person of my word. I'm not ever going to bother you if I don't have to be concerned about you hurting people I am concerned with. I don't trust you either, but that's all right: Hive is actually big enough for both of us. So: go on and do what you said you are going to. You do not have to even know unstable me is around ... just go on and hit the block button in FRIDAY like you said you would, and enjoy your weekend. I will be all right. We do not need each other like that!
I care about people, I give everyone chances until they prove me otherwise, such as when you were being downvoted along with others cause of xeldal and marky. I'm not muting the others, just you. So maybe try and reflect a bit.
He was even buying votes on the posts defending his actions? Can you not be this daft, this isn't about how he wanted to run a community or what he wanted to do with his hive power, curation level goes past community usage. If I start abusing curation on Hive I expect others to tell me as well and I better shut the fuck up and apologize or accept that I'm not going to be earning any author rewards in the future. The difference between me and him is that even if I didn't apologize and wouldn't earn rewards, I'd still be here curating different communities rather than encouraging them to abuse curation alongside me so we become a big portion of active users who now openly abuse curation much like HSBI, EDS and other projects have become. It's a disgrace and a shitshow to even have 10% of votes openly being sold to stakeholders for content no one consumes, yet here people are making it more complicated than it needs to be because they're either involved in it themselves or have other ulterior motives such as painting those who care in a bad light. Kindly fuck off with this bullshit now, thank you.