The World of XPILAR - CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART CONTEST Week #197 - Over the Hills and Far Away
"No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other."
Frank Lloyd Wright
Over the Hills and Far Away
A couple of years ago, I had to travel to Caracas, the nation's capital city, to attend to some personal matters that required my physical presence, as well as to visit my two children who live there.
Caracas is a city located in a valley crossed by a river, the Guaire, and surrounded entirely by mountains and hills, having as its northern border the Cordillera de la Costa, a mountain range which separates it from the waters of the Caribbean Sea, so its topography is quite irregular.
During my short stay of 2 or 3 days, I stayed in the southeast, an area full of hills that have been used in recent decades for housing construction in the face of the unstoppable urban expansion of the city.
In these photographs that I took that opportunity and that I now share in this post, it is possible to observe part of the urban developments recently built on the slopes of the hills, along with the pre-existing vegetation, creating a strange relationship of symbiosis between the concrete jungle and nature.
As I have described in previous publications, I used the editing tools offered by Picsart and Snapseed applications to intervene the original images to my satisfaction.
Sobre las Colinas y mas Allá
Hace un par de años atrás, tuve que trasladarme hasta Caracas, la ciudad capital de la nación, para atender unos asuntos personales que requerían de mi presencia física, así como visitar a mis dos hijos que viven allá.
Caracas es una ciudad ubicada en un valle atravesado por un río, el Guaire, y rodeada enteramente por montañas y colinas, teniendo como frontera norte la Cordillera de la Costa, que la separa de las aguas del Mar Caribe, por lo que su topografía es bastante irregular.
Durante mi corta estadía de 2 o 3 días, estuve alojado en el sureste, una zona repleta de colinas que han sido usadas en las últimas décadas para la construcción de viviendas ante la imparable expansión urbana de la ciudad.
En estas fotografías que tomé aquella oportunidad y que ahora comparto en este post, es posible observar parte de los desarrollos urbanísticos recientemente construídos en las laderas de las colinas, junto a la vegetación pre-existente, creando una extraña relación de simbiosis entre la jungla de concreto y la naturaleza.
Tal como lo he descrito en publicaciones anteriores, usé las herramientas de edición que ofrecen las aplicaciones Picsart y Snapseed para intervenir las imágenes originales a mi entera satisfacción.
This is my entry for the CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART Contest. This is an initiative of @axeman. I hope you enjoy it.
Esta es mi participación para el Concurso CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART. Esta es una iniciativa de @axeman. Espero que lo disfruten.
| Camera: | Samsung Galaxy A12 |
| Editor: | Picsart / Snapseed |
| Location: | Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela |
| Date: | 12-07-2022 |
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