Exif data: NIKON D300, Focal Length: 65 mm, Aperture: f/5.6, Exposure: 1/25 sec, ISO Speed: 200, Flash: Not Fired
12/01/2010 at 20:50
Categories: [my favs]  [water]  
52 comments
 

• Tu nous prouves que l'on peut du beau avec du laid !
  JMS* @ 2010-01-12 21:35:33
• totally fascinating - this should be ugly but it's not - it's haunting and beautiful.
  michele @ 2010-01-12 21:38:57
• all too common, kind of sad.
  Bob @ 2010-01-12 23:13:00
• Sometimes not so common to those that don't traverse far from their domains, but what a live reality shot.
  Don @ 2010-01-13 00:55:10
• It makes you wonder what their homes look like, Sherri...the ones who are so free to pollute Mother Nature!
  Ginnie @ 2010-01-13 01:04:30
• So many junks, but still a great shot.
  Zing @ 2010-01-13 01:23:10
• love it
  yz @ 2010-01-13 01:47:02
• Nicely composed Sherri. Junks can sometimes make nice pictures and this is the case here!
  Standley @ 2010-01-13 02:05:47
• triste monde !
  rem_la @ 2010-01-13 02:06:41
• Well observed and documented Sherri, an eyesore maybe, but possibly a treasure to some future archaeologist ? :0
  Michael @ 2010-01-13 03:32:21
• Sad decor humans create against nature, good snapshot.
  THEYS @ 2010-01-13 04:30:08
• This is a terrible pollution and it is good that you denounce it!
  Reiner @ 2010-01-13 04:48:25
• it's very sad to see as the man can break the nature..... we have only a world
  fabrizio @ 2010-01-13 06:54:44
• Excellent composition and light! Great shot!
  Andrei Barbu @ 2010-01-13 07:31:31
• Really a sad document
  BoB @ 2010-01-13 07:51:02
• Matching light and toning for a sad fact. The reflection of the branch looks a bit like a flash shot by an angry water god.
  Markus Spring @ 2010-01-13 07:52:41
• I most engaging image, Sherri - I find myself drawn into its depths. And Loudon's wisdom as a bonus. You are a treasure, m'dear.
  Stephen Phillips @ 2010-01-13 07:55:35
• As I always suspected...fetid! Lol, great title!
  Hess @ 2010-01-13 08:39:46
• Yes, the signs of humanity at its finest.
  Michael Rawluk @ 2010-01-13 08:44:11
• one of your best shots. this is kick ass.
  faisal @ 2010-01-13 08:45:40
• Awww, that sucks...people always throwing their junk all over the place.
  hoi @ 2010-01-13 08:49:49
• Well assembled frame of abandoned shapes. Reminds me of my garage which is driving me nuts [ier] best...jerry
  ordinaryimages @ 2010-01-13 08:59:09
• This is a beautiful image that makes me sad. If there were an "after" image of clear clean water, I would know humanity is on the right track.
  Geoffe @ 2010-01-13 09:00:35
• the water looks so murky and has so much going on in it. it seems to tell a story. nice capture!
  Charles Dastodd @ 2010-01-13 09:24:01
• Fascinating rubbish!
  Ken @ 2010-01-13 09:29:00
• doesn't matter where we live in... doesn't matter where it was taken... sadly, this is anywhere and everywhere... :(
  Soe @ 2010-01-13 10:03:35
• The bridge not only provides a way across the water, but also a fine launching point form which to deposit all sorts of debris!. I like the way you used the circle of the tire as a main element in the shot. A fine arrangement in the frame.
  don @ 2010-01-13 10:19:10
• Scary!
  Robin @ 2010-01-13 11:43:53
• A strange and haunting atmosphere here! Amazing how you can make interesting even this rubbish!
  Giovanni @ 2010-01-13 14:50:56
• I can't believe what people throw away. No respect at all for the world we live in.
  Frida @ 2010-01-13 16:10:37
• very cool. feels like a reflection.
  Otto K. @ 2010-01-13 17:03:55
• Gives the illusion of a double exposure!
  terrorkitten @ 2010-01-13 17:35:45
• the blur caused by the not so clear water just makes me think that this is a polaroid shot.. :) nice shot.. :D
  rian @ 2010-01-13 18:33:36
• surreal......reminds of the sofa I found in the hills once.
  Teri @ 2010-01-13 22:30:09
• Very cool, and clear calm waters too. Nice
  Ivar @ 2010-01-14 00:03:21
• looks like something got left in the dust, nicely captured.
  Liang @ 2010-01-14 02:24:56
• Oh...what a sad mess! Love the random composition.
  Marcie @ 2010-01-14 03:14:06
• a sad shame no one cleans that up!
  crash @ 2010-01-14 07:04:41
• Kind of disturbing, actually. Like a drowning.
  Shawn Bierman @ 2010-01-14 10:03:12
• Wow what a mess this water is! The water is so clear yet filled with trash!
  Andy @ 2010-01-14 11:12:49
• Will we wake up before it is too late?
  A thought provoking and disturbing photograph. Great work though!
  Arnd @ 2010-01-14 17:09:09
• yuk! Somehow interesting though.....
  mike @ 2010-01-14 17:23:12
• yes, the trace of a man is not always a worthy trace. Poignantly captured
  Diane @ 2010-01-14 22:42:49
• without light, none of this would exist.
  a tree falls in the wood, with hardly a splash.
  the tire rolls to the horizon.
  a soul becomes featureless.
  reflections of black are black.
  Seraphine @ 2010-01-14 23:56:31
• A perfect example of man's total disregard for nature. An excellent capture.
  Toni @ 2010-01-15 00:38:29
• people don't care about our environment, that's a good symbol for our world
  Omar @ 2010-01-15 01:51:29
• My gosh! Is that an old turntable to the left? In Maine they throw this sort of stuff in deeper water so it doesn't show as much.
  Turnbill @ 2010-01-15 16:56:06
• Rubbish looks beautiful :)
  Ashish Sidapara @ 2010-01-16 11:18:01
• Littering needs more enforcement effort.
  Nick @ 2010-01-17 09:18:50
• Unfortunately not such an uncommon sight.
  12bitphoto @ 2010-01-20 17:33:21
• what an atmosphere here Sherri ! Even if sad, I like the mood of this image.
  bardamu @ 2010-01-21 17:39:09
• greta compô! i like your abandonned places and things!
  elaine @ 2010-02-07 12:54:34

The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature. Nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.
– Loudon Wainwright