Flight to freedom [ENG-PT/BR]

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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.

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"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.

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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”.

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📸 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]

My stoic discipline obliges me to walk and observe whenever times get tense.

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.

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!

#hivebr

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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.

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.🦅

What good compositions, everything is just the right balance between the motifs and the contrast with the environment.