I was strolling the streets of Jinotega, Nicaragua looking for photo subjects. Just ahead of me was a gentleman repairing electrical motors. I asked if I may photograph him. With a smile I was giving permission. The result was this beautiful photo capturing him in action.
As I was photographing the football action, my neighbor was watching the boys behind her barred door.
Getting ready for the kick
The goalie has just blocked the shot. He is leaning back from the impact of the ball. Great action.
Every evening before dark, a group of young men play football in front of my house. They are nice lads. Friendly. I grabbed my camera and headed outdoors. One will stand in front of a wall. He is the goalie. Across the street the ball is set up for the shot. The objective is to put the ball pass the goalie and hit the wall. If the goalie stops the shot he gets another chance at stopping the ball. If not the lad that scores becomes the goalie.
Thus I was able to capture some action shots that evening.
Thanks to Ivan Kant for the info on this orchid. The Stanhopea Orchid is found near Jinotega in the mountains.Local folks call it a torito.
A Wild Orchid, near Jinotega Nicaragua
Let The Day Be Ours
I know you don’t
Love me
Stay awhile
Enjoy the day
We are just
Two lonely people
Always searching
For that one love
Come
Take my hand
Why don’t you stay
We can enjoy the day
Let this day be ours
We were lovers
So long ago
But got lost in time
So why don’t you stay…
Yesterday, yesterday…
Was so long ago
Tomorrow too far away
Let the day be ours
We could love again
Forget about yesterday
Just enjoy the day
Then maybe tomorrow
Why don’t you
Come home to stay
We will find a way
To share our love
I know you don’t
Love me
Stay awhile
Enjoy the day
Come
Take my hand
Why don’t you stay
We can enjoy the day
Let this day be ours
We are just
Two lonely people
Always searching
For that one love
Spring has come and gone
The rainy season is over
Summer has arrived
In the mountains of Nicaragua
Beautiful warm sunny days
The land has become parched
Leaves have fallen
Over the dry land
Brown Eyes Crying
Brown eyes crying
In the dark
Drifting forever
On a sea of tears
A long times gone
Just drifting forever
Through endless nights
On a sea of tears
Brown eyes crying
On a sea of tears
Drifting forever
As is the past
Like the mist
Has crept over her
Forlorn and blue
Our love never
Had a chance
It was like a sad song
With never any wrong
A love in a mist
In a sea of tears
We could never exist
In hearts gone cold
Brown eyes crying
In the dark
Drifting forever
On a sea of tears
A long times gone
Just drifting forever
Through endless nights
On a sea of tears
Brown eyes crying
On a sea of tears
Drifting forever
Brown eyes crying
On a sea of tears
Drifting forever
Es verano aquí en Nicaragua ahora. Pero como en cualquier otra parte del mundo, los patrones climáticos han sido estropeados. Últimamente ha habido mucha lluvia, trayendo temperaturas más frescas. Ha pasado una semana desde que finalmente lo hice por diversión fotográfica. Era un hermoso día cálido y soleado. Un poco tarde en la mañana para la mejor iluminación. La neblina era un poco molesto para tratar.
Fue en un pasado lunes que me acompañó un buen amigo de Nica. Había conseguido sus servicios el día anterior. Subimos su motocicleta con gas. Luego nos fuimos cruzando por las montañas. Habían pasado muchos años desde que viajaba en moto.
Me atrajo una perilla de roca en la cima de la montaña como se muestra en la foto. Los exuberantes verdes del paisaje han desaparecido hace tiempo. Sustituido por la tierra seca. Hay una tremenda profundidad aquí en la foto. Desde el primer plano hasta el fondo se le da una sensación de profundidad vertical y horizontal. Verá edificios en la esquina izquierda de la foto. Te dan la escala de sentido a toda la composición. La perilla de la roca es sólo una parte de mi composición, pero está allí. Dejé que el cielo fuera la mitad de la foto. Así, una sensación de inmensidad total que son las montañas. En este tipo de trabajo quiero que usted vea la sensación de una sensación 3D.
Voy a cerrar ahora, hasta la próxima semana. Así que hasta la próxima semana feliz senderos
It is summer here in Nicaragua now. But like everywhere else in the world, the weather patterns have been messed up. Lately there has been plenty of rain, bringing cooler temperatures. It has been a week now since I finally made it out for some photographic fun. It was a beautiful warm sunny day. A little late in the morning for the best lighting. The haze was a little annoying to deal with.
It was on a Monday past that I was joined by a good Nica friend. I had secured his services the day before. We topped off his motorcycle with gas. Then away we went cruising through the mountains. It had been many years since I traveled by motorcycle.
I was attracted by a rock knob on the mountain top as shown in the photo. The lush greens of the landscape is long gone. Replaced by parched earth. There is tremendous depth here in the photo. From foreground to background you are given a sense of depth vertically and horizontally. You will see buildings in the left corner of photo. They give you the sense scale to the whole composition. The rock knob is only a portion of my composition, but is there. I allowed the sky to be half of the photo. Thus a sense of overall vastness that are the mountains. In this type of work I want you to envision the feeling of a 3D feel.
I will close now, till next week. So until next week happy trails
Ken Bennison's Photography 