Fishing for Survival / #monomad challenge / [ING/ESP]

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The photos 📸 are my entry to the #monomad contest from @monochromes and @brumest.

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Greetings Hivers.

Cuba is an island, surrounded by the sea and with a very rich marine fauna. That is why it is hard to understand why there are not fish for sale everywhere here. Well, in reality it is understandable, but that is not today’s topic.

The point is that, with so many shortages, it has become very common to come across amateur fishermen who, from the Havana coastline, cast their hooks and nets to be able to take something home to eat.

The photographs I share with you today are of some young people who position themselves on the floating walkway, a platform whose destiny shifted from being a place of leisure to becoming a stronghold for fishermen. There, they have removed some of the floor tiles to collect small bait creatures, which they then use to cast their fishing nets in hopes of earning their reward.

Watching them is hypnotizing. There is something almost artistic in the way they handle those tangled nets that seem as if they will never be untangled again, yet they always come out perfectly when they fly off in search of their prey. They are truly very skilled.

With this small series, I want to pay a sincere tribute to those people who do not wait for someone to place food on their plate, but instead go out and look for it themselves.

Saludos Hivers.

Cuba es una isla, rodeada de mar y con una fauna marina muy rica. Por eso cuesta entender que no haya peces por todos lados a la venta aquí. Bueno, en realidad sí se entiende, pero ese no es el tema de hoy.

El asunto es que, con tantas carencias, se ha vuelto muy habitual encontrarse con pescadores aficionados que desde el litoral habanero lanzan sus anzuelos y sus redes para poder llevar algo de comer a la casa.

Las fotografías que les comparto hoy son de unos jóvenes que se colocan en el paseo flotante, una plataforma cuyo destino pasó de ser un lugar de esparcimiento a convertirse en un bastión de pescadores. Allí han quitado algunas losas del piso para sacar pequeños escaramujos que usan como carnada y luego lanzar las redes con la esperanza de obtener su premio.

Es hipnotizante mirarlos. Hay algo casi artístico en la manera en que manejan esas redes enmarañadas que parecen no volver a desenredarse nunca y sin embargo siempre salen perfectas cuando vuelan a buscar su presa. Son realmente muy hábiles.

Con esta pequeña serie quiero rendir un sincero homenaje a esas personas que no esperan a que alguien les ponga la comida en el plato, sino que salen a buscarla por sus propios medios.

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"All photos were taken by me @rg2_foto @rg2-foto"

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Technical data:
Nikon camera: Nikon D700
Nikon lens: 50mm f1.4 p-ais; 105mm f2.5 p-ais; 55 f1.2; 35mm f1.8 G
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