Flight to freedom [ENG-PT/BR]
Birds are privileged. They can see from above, fly and glide with the wind. Perhaps the bird that most identifies with the instinct for freedom is the seagull.
"A seagull flew, flew,
wings of wind,
heart of the sea.
Like her, we are free,
we are free to fly."
It's the chorus of a song that marked the struggle to overthrow the oppression of fascism in Portugal. The cry for freedom was urgent and the seagull symbolized this desire.
My stoic discipline obliges me to walk and observe whenever times get tense. It was on one of these hygienic walks that I focused on the movements of a seagull on the river that bathes my city, the River Mondego - Coimbra (Portugal).
After doing some research, I found out that it is an argêntea gull [Larus michahellis]. It's a bird about 60 cm long, with a gray back and gray wings with black edges and white “mirrors”.
📸 This is my proposal for the #monomad contest.
✍️ My native language is Portuguese. The translation was done through DeepL.com (free version).
! [PORTUGUESE VERSION]
Voo para a liberdade
As aves são umas privilegiadas. Vêem de cima para baixo, voam e planam ao sabor do vento. Talvez a ave que mais se identifica com o instinto da liberdade sejam as gaivotas.
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“Uma gaivota voava, voava,
asas de vento,
coração de mar.
Como ela, somos livres,
somos livres de voar.”
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É o refrão de uma música que marcou a luta pela queda da opressão do fascismo em Portugal. O grito pela liberdade era urgente, a gaivota simbolizava essa vontade.
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A minha disciplina estóica obriga-me e a caminhar e observar sempre que os momentos são de tensão. Foi num destes passeios higiénicos que me foquei nos movimentos de uma gaivota, no rio que banha a minha cidade, o Rio Mondego - Coimbra.
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Após pesquisa verifiquei que se trata de uma gaivota-argêntea [Larus michahellis]. É uma ave com cerca de 60 cm de comprimento, com o dorso cinzento e asas cinzentas com extremidades pretas e “espelhos” brancos.
! [TECHNICAL DATA]
📸 Fujifilm X-T3
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🔭 Fujinon Aspherical 18-55mm
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🖥 Editing software:
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1️⃣ Tonality
[presets: Ilford SFX 200 or Kodak 32 PanatomicX]
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2️⃣ Adobe Lightroom
[final adjustments and resizing]
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3️⃣ Noiseless
[cleaning]
Obrigado por promover a Língua Portuguesa em suas postagens.
Vamos seguir fortalecendo a comunidade lusófona dentro da Hive.
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Bzzzrrr, que beleza! Sua observação sobre o pássaro arcanjelão é como um voo livre, livre de obstáculos. Essa foto é simplesmente incrível, acho que vou me perder naquele céu nuvens!
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Uma boa reflexão para os resultados eleitorais de ontem. Acredito que o balanço será atingido, e que a Democracia não deverá sair prejudicada. Excelente estudo fotográfico de um ser tão magnifico!
Muito obrigado.
Eh, começa a ficar preocupante.
Abraço e boa semana.
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Thanks a lot 🤝
Awesome way to capture freedom in photographs, no doubt it's an amazing job. I very much support your comment that birds are privileged, it's totally true.
Thank you very much for your attention and comment.🤝
Eh, I wouldn't mind trading.🦅
I find it's always therapeutic. Even if I'm not feeling down at all, just getting out and doing that really opens up the soul. I feel at my best when I'm discovering a new place, feeling excitement for the Earth and its history.
In relation to that topic and the post: I have already accepted my old man fate of becoming a bird photographer. Sounds wonderful to sit out in nature and observe it, to capture it. Escape the cities and just take a camera. :^)
New places are new smells, new emotions. Always therapeutic.
You already have your photographic destiny mapped out.🦅📸
It's worth focusing on birds. It's not easy, 90% of the photos taken are garbage. But when it works, the results are surprising.
Thank you very much for the comment.
What good compositions, everything is just the right balance between the motifs and the contrast with the environment.
Thanks a lot, friend 🤝