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April 30, 2010
Get trashed
Recycle bins, originally uploaded by snoopoz.
See this picture? It's a picture I took of some recycling bins in Lincoln Park here in Chicago. I liked the way they were aligned, and the way the bins cast a shadow. Looking at it now, I think it could have been better if I didn't have that light pole sticking out the back of the near one, and I could have maybe been lower to the ground when I took the picture. It's not a worldbeater or anything.
So, I posted it on Flickr, just to see what people said about it. Lo and behold, it is now my most popular picture, even beating out one of my favorite pictures, that of Delaware Park in Buffalo.
Do you know why it's so popular? Apparently there are garbage can enthusiasts out there. I'm getting e-mails from people asking to put my picture in a garbage can gallery, and when I click on these peoples' profiles, all their pictures are of dumpsters and garbage trucks! Not even a girl in a bikini to break it up, just all things refuse. Not even a girl in a bikini on a garbage truck! These are people who get a serious rush from waste disposal. I am really hoping to get a comment describing what model number or something those bins are.
It's cool, undoubtedly, but amusing. If there is one thing about the internet, it is that you have no excuse not to find people with the same interests as you, no matter how small. So, even though I am not a garbage enthusiast, I am honored to be a part of that little world, no matter how indirectly.
entry no. 1443
Posted at April 30, 2010 09:29 AM