The early bird catches the worm! And other thoughts. / Monomad Challenge [Eng/Esp]
Official entry for the #monomad challenge hosted by @monochromes and @brumest
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"The early bird catches the worm!" my grandmother would say to me every day when she saw me leaving the house; I think it was a kind of blessing and advice all at once, and so significant was its impact that today, many years later, I still follow it whenever I go out. |
¡A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda!, me decía todos los días mi abuela cuando me veía salir de casa; creo que era una especie de bendición y consejo a la vez, y tal fue su trascendencia, que hoy, después de muchos años, lo sigo aplicando cuando salgo a la calle. |

A street in Old Havana, graffiti on the side of the Las Mercedes Church/ Calle de la Havana Vieja, grafitis en el costado de la iglesia de las Mercedes.
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Interestingly, despite the photographic advice that the early morning hours are “golden,” experience has taught me that that’s when the best images are found. |
Curiosamente, no obstante el consejo fotográfico de que las primeras horas de la mañana son doradas, la experiencia me ha enseñado que es allí donde se encuentran las mejores imágenes. |

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Lately, the city streets have been deserted for many reasons; Cuba is in the midst of profound chaos, and that’s reflected in its people. |
Últimamente, la calle en la ciudad está desolada por muchas causas; Cuba está en medio de un caos muy profundo y eso se ve reflejado en su gente. |

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So I walk along, discreetly, so as not to draw attention to myself, to pass by unnoticed, because any little detail could be seen as provocative—and that’s something I don’t want to deal with. |
Entonces voy caminando, discreto, para no llamar la atención, pasar invisible, porque cualquier detalle puede resultar provocador y eso es algo que no quiero enfrentar. |

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A while back, when I saw something I liked, I’d just take the photo and that was it; today it’s different—first I observe, I stop, and then I take the photo discreetly. |
Hace un tiempo, cuando veía algo que me gustaba, hacía la foto y listo; hoy es diferente, primero observo, me detengo y con discreción la hago. |

Details of the statue of the city historian Eusebio Leal/ Detalles de la estatua del historiador de la Ciudad Eusebio Leal.
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However, people ask questions—they want to know why I’m using the camera, who I work for. And for me, since I don’t like giving a lot of explanations, you can imagine how difficult that can get. |
No obstante, la gente pregunta, quiere saber por qué usas la cámara, ¿para quién trabajas? Y a mí, que no me gusta dar muchas explicaciones, imagínense lo difícil que puede llegar a ser. |

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And so the day goes by, with me paying attention to everything, looking for the images I want, not wanting to miss a thing, but at the same time staying very alert to my surroundings, watching for danger around every corner. Is it complicated? Yes, but in the end, it adds an extra dimension to the photographic experience that makes all the risks worthwhile. |
Y así va pasando el día, yo prestando atención a todo, buscando las imágenes que quiero, sin querer perderme nada, pero a la vez muy atento a todo lo que me rodea, buscando peligro en cada esquina. ¿Complicado el tema? Sí, pero al final le da un extra a la experiencia fotográfica que vale la pena todos los riesgos. |

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Thank you very much 🙏 for your kind company, dear friends; as always, it’s a pleasure to share my work. I’ll be back soon, yes. |
Muchas gracias 🙏 por su amable compañía, estimados amigos; como siempre, un placer compartir mi trabajo. Regreso pronto, sí. |
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Últimamente salir a la calle es peligroso de cualquier manera, y si encima llevas una cámara... ten mucho cuidado, por fa.
Las primeras luces del día son hermosas, e iluminan de una manera interesante ciertos escenarios. Aquí se nota.
Amiga, últimamente es bastante peligroso caminar por las calles de La Habana, lo que antes parecía ser algo muy tranquilo. La gente es hostil, sobre todo cuando ven a alguien con una cámara, por eso he tenido que tomar muchas precauciones. Gracias por la preocupación, abrazos 🤗
I truly appreciate that you value my photography; thank you very much, @brumest
Your photographs are really good; I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the post you shared with us, thank you...
It's been a pleasure, and knowing you liked the pictures makes me very happy, thank you 🙂 😊
This is one of the questions people would like to asks. Everytime when we take picture, they well asked us but to answer them that we are crypto blogger, it makes us very proud to ourselves. ☺️
That's true—although this topic is still relatively unknown in this city, it's still a challenge to be out on the street taking photos. Plus, the whole experience is a lot of fun.
Same here in our Province, only few knows about crypto and the rest are don't have any ideas, its good for them to teach if they really want also. ☺️
The same thing happens here; few people know about it. Sometimes we try to teach younger people how to use Hive, and little by little we'll see results. Thank you very much for your comment 😊🫂📷
Saludos ,tienes razon a las personas mayores de edad siempre hay q escucharlo porq ellos tienen razon en lo q dicen porq ellos ya tienen muchos años de experiencia y han pasado y tropezado muchas veces y no es mentira q el q madruga Dios lo ayuda
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