Wandering the streets of Faro [ENG-PT/BR]

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Faro is my second city, where part of my family lives. I visit regularly, especially in the summer to enjoy the beaches and during festive seasons to spend more time with my family.

Something I really enjoy is standing discreetly on a street and watching passersby. I appreciate the comings and goings of people, the daily routine. I fix my gaze on a person and follow their movements, always with questions in my head: where did they come from, where are they going, what will they do?

When they disappear from view, I look at someone else coming in the opposite direction. It's like watching a tennis match. And always with the same questions.

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And it is in this almost paranoid mantra that I surrender myself to time and practice the photographic genre of Street Photography.

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Santo António Street is one of the most popular streets among cosmopolitans. It crosses the city from the marina to the inner city center. This is where you will find fashionable shops, the largest banks, and the ever-crowded terraces of cafés and restaurants. It is very busy any day of the week.

It is precisely on this street that you will witness the most surreal scenes. There is something for everyone, for all tastes and moods.

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Like this gentleman, around 80 years old, who walks his turkey along the Portuguese cobblestones of Rua de Santo António on Sundays.

And, be amazed, the turkey isn't bothered at all by the curiosity of people and dogs. Fantastic.

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Deambulando pelas ruas de Faro

Faro é a minha segunda cidade, onde reside parte da minha família. Visito regularmente, com mais incidência no verão para aproveitar as praias e em épocas festivas para estar mais com a família.

Algo que realmente gosto é estar discretamente numa rua e ver passar os transeuntes. Aprecio o vai e vem das pessoas, a rotina do quotidiano. Fixo uma pessoa com o olhar e acompanho o seu movimento, sempre com perguntas na minha cabeça: de onde ela veio, para onde ela vai, o que irá fazer?

Quando desaparece da visão, torno a olhar outra pessoa que venha no sentido contrário. Como se estivesse a apreciar um jogo de ténis. E sempre com as mesmas perguntas.

E é nesse mantra quase paranóico que me entrego ao tempo e exercito o género fotográfico Fotografia de Rua.

A Rua de Santo António é uma das mais frequentadas por cosmopolitas. Atravessa a cidade desde a Marina até ao centro interior da cidade. É onde estão as lojas da moda, os maiores bancos e esplanadas de cafés e restaurantes sempre cheios. Muito movimentada a qualquer dia da semana.

É precisamente nesta rua que se assiste às cenas mais surreais. Há de tudo, para todos os gostos e humores.

Como este cavalheiro, com cerca de 80 anos, que aos domingos passeia o seu perú pela calçada portuguesa da Rua de Santo António.

E, pasmem-se, o perú não se incomoda nada com a curiosidade das pessoas e dos cães. Fantástico.

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Hey think ive been on that street, is it near the train station and you gotta walk upwards a ton?

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Hey friend, from the train station to Santo Antônio Street it's close and straight. But at the end of the street, there's an uphill climb on the way to the center.

Thanks 🤝

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ah yes the center i was thinking of! thought the floor in some of your pics was from that center!

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The floor is Portuguese pavement, found on this street and several others throughout the city. This street that goes up also has this floor.

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So you just downvote me and have nothing to say

Please leave me alone

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So wonderful how you can recognise that from a picture and even be sure. ✔️

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You captured some beautiful photos thank you so much for sharing them

Take care 🙏🏾

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Oh my goodness 😍🙏, what a wonderful thing to see on a street!... I loved this!... It is a variety of duck, @cryptoreforma friend, I don’t know if in your country they call them turkeys, but these are ducks that have that kind of “red snot” similar to that of turkeys on their face... Here in my country people from the countryside call them “Muscovite ducks or Russian ducks” when their face has that red snot, and when the color is dark they call them “Creole ducks” but I think they are the same species, they are also bigger than other species of ducks, they create a certain sense of belonging with their owners and can have defensive attitudes similar to those that geese have but their sound is very low in volume, like a whistle... It is a splendid photo of that beautiful bird, I did not know that it could be domesticated to the point of being able to walk it!... And that beagle dog watching in the background, completes an epic image!... Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you very much for the feedback, friend.

Yes, it also looked more like a duck than a turkey to me. However, its owner called it a turkey.

It doesn't really matter; what's interesting is a animal like that walking down the street with its owner.

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