77. Garbage - November 30-December 6, 2014
Jerry-
Garbage can take many forms as I have observed by the wonderful photos you guys have created! I've attached "photo-garbage" for you to enjoy. It's photo stuff that has outlived its usefulness but is hard to part with. I threw it all in a black plastic bowl and used my Lowel light with an umbrella to illuminate it. The D5200 with 16-85mm at 70mm, iso 200, 1 second at f22. All but the Leica is up for grabs.
Garbage can take many forms as I have observed by the wonderful photos you guys have created! I've attached "photo-garbage" for you to enjoy. It's photo stuff that has outlived its usefulness but is hard to part with. I threw it all in a black plastic bowl and used my Lowel light with an umbrella to illuminate it. The D5200 with 16-85mm at 70mm, iso 200, 1 second at f22. All but the Leica is up for grabs.
Kevin-
Garbage. Certainly an interesting and unique theme. I thought about researching the location of local dumps, or perhaps some sort of hazardous waste facility. But such places are much harder for a normal person to access in this day and age than they were in my youth.
But then Michelle helped me realize that what was garbage to one person might be objects of art to another, specifically with the giant robot sculptures in Palm Springs, California.
Kenny Irwin Jr. realizes that what was yesterday’s latest and greatest technology quickly becomes the trash, waste, detritus rubbish and salvage of tomorrow. He in turn transforms the computers, televisions and other high (and low) technology trash into sculptures. And around the Christmas season he opens the gates to the two acre property and lets people walk, gaze and tour. There are dozens and dozens of sculptures on display, but the one that I chose to photograph, Santa’s sleigh, is actually along the street outside of the the gate.
I scouted out the scene the previous day and knew I wanted to shoot around sunset when the lights would be illuminated and the sky would be getting dark.
Santa’s sleigh is make of things like vacuum cleaners, paint cans, a wheelbarrow, a hose reel, a computer monitor, a keyboard, the grill of a car and lots of other assorted bits of dreck.
Nikon D3s, tripod mounted, 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens set to 24mm. ISO 200, f/8 at 1.6 seconds.
Garbage. Certainly an interesting and unique theme. I thought about researching the location of local dumps, or perhaps some sort of hazardous waste facility. But such places are much harder for a normal person to access in this day and age than they were in my youth.
But then Michelle helped me realize that what was garbage to one person might be objects of art to another, specifically with the giant robot sculptures in Palm Springs, California.
Kenny Irwin Jr. realizes that what was yesterday’s latest and greatest technology quickly becomes the trash, waste, detritus rubbish and salvage of tomorrow. He in turn transforms the computers, televisions and other high (and low) technology trash into sculptures. And around the Christmas season he opens the gates to the two acre property and lets people walk, gaze and tour. There are dozens and dozens of sculptures on display, but the one that I chose to photograph, Santa’s sleigh, is actually along the street outside of the the gate.
I scouted out the scene the previous day and knew I wanted to shoot around sunset when the lights would be illuminated and the sky would be getting dark.
Santa’s sleigh is make of things like vacuum cleaners, paint cans, a wheelbarrow, a hose reel, a computer monitor, a keyboard, the grill of a car and lots of other assorted bits of dreck.
Nikon D3s, tripod mounted, 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens set to 24mm. ISO 200, f/8 at 1.6 seconds.
Byron-
My submission is similar to Kevin's in that my subject isn't garbage in the traditional sense. It is obsolete technology. I've been digitizing my video collection of home movies and some other videos I have saved over the years. My collection spans 3 formats- VHS, Hi8, MiniDV. I was able to sell the Hi8 camcorder, I've had a bite on the MiniDV camcorder but neither person wants the tapes. That renders the tapes useless. Garbage, if you will. I tried to present them in their best light. I used my softbox for general illumination and my honeycomb snoot to highlight the tapes. Take a good look because soon they will be in the...garbage.
ISO 200, 50mm, f8, 1/200 sec
My submission is similar to Kevin's in that my subject isn't garbage in the traditional sense. It is obsolete technology. I've been digitizing my video collection of home movies and some other videos I have saved over the years. My collection spans 3 formats- VHS, Hi8, MiniDV. I was able to sell the Hi8 camcorder, I've had a bite on the MiniDV camcorder but neither person wants the tapes. That renders the tapes useless. Garbage, if you will. I tried to present them in their best light. I used my softbox for general illumination and my honeycomb snoot to highlight the tapes. Take a good look because soon they will be in the...garbage.
ISO 200, 50mm, f8, 1/200 sec
Deron-
One man's garbage is another man's garden. This can was once filled with pork shoulder goodness, but instead of finding its final resting place rusting away in a landfill, it has now been transformed into a planter. Glorious SPAM!
One man's garbage is another man's garden. This can was once filled with pork shoulder goodness, but instead of finding its final resting place rusting away in a landfill, it has now been transformed into a planter. Glorious SPAM!
Paul-
Okay…unless you’re a dyed-in-the-wool Trekker, this is going to take a little bit of backstory. (Even if you are, you may not immediately identify this scene.)This is a picture of a still from Star Trek--the original series—in an episode called “Trouble with Tribbles.” Yeah, that one. It takes place in a bar of a neutral Star Base wherein both Federation personnel and Klingons—both enemies at the time—are permitted equal access. Naturally, it’s a happy scene with a musical number and some snappy dancing. Just kidding.
The Klingon you see here has just taunted the Enterprise’s Chief Engineer (“Scotty”) by saying the following in an acerbic tone dripping with venom:
“I didn’t mean to say the Enterprise should be hauling garbage…I meant to say the Enterprise should be hauled away as garbage.”
Your predictable 23rd century barroom fight scene immediately erupts with the inevitable overturned tables, guys being tossed here and there, a tribble or three, a fretful bartender, and an unscrupulous merchant on the sidelines stealing drinks when no one is looking.
Our story so far…
As the station’s gravity generators abruptly cut out, Cadet Spacemen Freddie “Flash” Bazzbo found himself gyrating wildly amid the debris and other shipmates in the crew’s mess. Having just eaten a large meal, and as much a slave to Newton’s Third Law as anyone, the profuse ejecta of his half-digested Chick ala King propelled him the opposite direction--directly into the crotch of an already enraged Denobian. The strangulation that ensured was pretty much a one-sided thing and caught for posterity by a peddler from Beta Draconis III who was trying to sell an antique Olympus E-500 fitted with a 35mm lens (set at 35mm), dialed in to ISO 400, and a shutter speed of 1/125 sec. at f2.5.
Okay…unless you’re a dyed-in-the-wool Trekker, this is going to take a little bit of backstory. (Even if you are, you may not immediately identify this scene.)This is a picture of a still from Star Trek--the original series—in an episode called “Trouble with Tribbles.” Yeah, that one. It takes place in a bar of a neutral Star Base wherein both Federation personnel and Klingons—both enemies at the time—are permitted equal access. Naturally, it’s a happy scene with a musical number and some snappy dancing. Just kidding.
The Klingon you see here has just taunted the Enterprise’s Chief Engineer (“Scotty”) by saying the following in an acerbic tone dripping with venom:
“I didn’t mean to say the Enterprise should be hauling garbage…I meant to say the Enterprise should be hauled away as garbage.”
Your predictable 23rd century barroom fight scene immediately erupts with the inevitable overturned tables, guys being tossed here and there, a tribble or three, a fretful bartender, and an unscrupulous merchant on the sidelines stealing drinks when no one is looking.
Our story so far…
As the station’s gravity generators abruptly cut out, Cadet Spacemen Freddie “Flash” Bazzbo found himself gyrating wildly amid the debris and other shipmates in the crew’s mess. Having just eaten a large meal, and as much a slave to Newton’s Third Law as anyone, the profuse ejecta of his half-digested Chick ala King propelled him the opposite direction--directly into the crotch of an already enraged Denobian. The strangulation that ensured was pretty much a one-sided thing and caught for posterity by a peddler from Beta Draconis III who was trying to sell an antique Olympus E-500 fitted with a 35mm lens (set at 35mm), dialed in to ISO 400, and a shutter speed of 1/125 sec. at f2.5.