Little Spirit - Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 254 | Entry [ENG/ESP]

Hello friends and community, a beautiful day to all. The truth is I don’t know if my photo is good enough to participate in this contest, but it does have a story behind it that I would like to share. My entry shows, almost blurred, a very common bird in my land that many call “verdón” (greenfinch).

Hola amigos y comunidad, lindo día a todos. La verdad no sé si mi foto sea lo suficientemente buena para participar en este concurso, pero sí tiene una historia detrás que me gustaría compartir. Mi entrada muestra, casi desdibujada, un ave muy común en mi tierra que muchos llaman “verdón.”

Curiously, when this bird molts its feathers it stops being green and begins to have red and blue colors, and people start calling it “mariposa” (butterfly bird), perhaps because that transformation reminds them of chrysalises or perhaps because of the new and striking colors. I captured this image in an abandoned industrial area, and I think it makes a nice contrast between all the metal and the small bird, enclosed and at the same time free among fences, metals, wires, and meshes. It is the fragile together with the rigid. I captured this image using a vintage filter with my mobile phone, the filter is inspired by the old Super 8 cameras, and I think this gives the photograph a totally different air, more nostalgic and more of those fortuitous coincidences. As if the scene and the photograph itself were a fragment of a distant time.

Curiosamente, cuando esta ave muda sus plumas deja de ser verde y pasa a tener colores rojos y azules, y la gente la comienza a llamar “mariposa,” quizás porque esa transformación recuerda a las crisálidas o quizás por los nuevos y vistosos colores. Esta imagen la capturé en una zona industrial abandonada y creo que hace un bonito contraste entre todo el metal y la pequeña ave, encerrada y a la vez libre entre cercas, metales, alambres y mallas. Es lo frágil junto a lo rígido. Capturé esta imagen usando un filtro vintage con mi teléfono, el filtro está inspirado en las antiguas cámaras Super 8, y creo que esto le da a la fotografía un aire totalmente distinto, más nostálgico y más de esas casualidades fortuitas. Como si la escena y la misma fotografía fueran un fragmento de un tiempo lejano.

Well friends, I hope you at least enjoyed this entry. I hope to return someday with a new and better photo of this bird, this time at a better distance and resolution. From here, as always, my most sincere wishes of much luck and many successes. Bye bye.

Bueno amigos, espero que al menos les haya gustado esta entrada. Espero regresar algún día con una nueva y mejor foto de esta ave, esta vez a una mejor distancia y resolución. Desde aquí, como siempre, mis más sinceros deseos de mucha suerte y muchos éxitos. Chau chau.

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Quiero agradecerte sinceramente por tomarte el tiempo de leer este artículo. Tu apoyo significa mucho para mí y me motiva a seguir compartiendo contenido que pueda ser útil e interesante para ti. Si encontraste este artículo útil o disfrutaste leyéndolo, agradecería enormemente tus comentarios. ¡Mis mejores deseos!

	I’m Ernesto, a Cuban passionate about art and writing. Always learning, always growing. Excited to share and learn more every day! I write about art, drawing, video games, nature, and review the things I like. My goal is to inspire and connect with others through my creative journey.

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