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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

settings

Aperture 32/10 ISO 400 Shutter 1/40 Focal Length 90/1

upload_date

Jan, 2024

Views

239

Likes

+16

Awards

Winner in Tell me a story Photo Challenge

Peer Award

Top Choice

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding Creativity

Top Ranks

Top 30 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

A photo, a silent storyteller capturing moments frozen in time. In its frame, echoes of laughter, tears, and triumphs resonate, each image a chapter in the grand narrative of life. Through the lens, we glimpse the human experience - its joy and sorrows, its beauty and complexities. And in the silent dialog between viewer and photograph, stories unfold, inviting us to connect, reflect, and find meaning in the visual tales preserved for eternity.
Your photo gave me immediately a story. Well done!
Congratulation to the win and thanks for your participation.

Platinum

Thank you Cathunter! This photo was taken with Kodachrome 35mm slide film back when I was in Peace Corps in Colombia in 1978. I was writing my final reports from 4 years working in the Cave of the Oilbirds National Park and was staying in Fontibon, a suburb of Bogota. This wonderful little fellow who could barely walk or talk, would wander the streets picking up scraps of paper and wire and would make these flowers. He was well known in the neighborhood and people would give him 10 or 20 pesos and take a flower. By the time I finished living there, I had a full bouquet of his flowers. Thank you so much for a thoughtful and kind comment on this photo!