Trafalgar Trash
Sadly, people are slobs and leave their rubbish all over the place. I was pretty annoyed to find it around Trafalgar Park when shooting a few days ago.
Last year there was a fire that burned out many of the gorse, broom and other thorny bushes, so it is concerning to see so many fresh cigarette butts lying around in the dry season. And, the stone memorial bench looks pretty awful with drinks cups (8 that I collected and binned) on it and around it, along with their bag. As I came on this scene, I could hear just a few metres away the clang of the lid closing on the garbage can at the lookout, some more conscientious person using it. In my mind it is bad advertising for the companies that supply and proudly label these products too – I had not heard of them before, but now feel disinclined to buy their wares, it will make me think of garbage.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 100mm/f2.8 macro, ISO100, f2.8.
This post prepared in advance of my trip. I will be back in a few days; in the meantime this is a continuation of a series from Trafalgar Park, in Oak Bay near Victoria, BC. I won’t be reviewing the blog, but will reply to comments when I get back.
burnt embers 
I couldn’t agree more with all of you…it’s terrible how some folks have no manners or respect.
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It’s the hypocrisy that gets me – its good to enjoy the surroundings, and somehow acceptable to spoil them at the same time. Or maybe its just a night haunt – quiet and dark and out of sight (but then that is a form of enjoyment too). I don’t get it.
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This really drives me nuts. Especially when you consider that trash cans abound EVERYWHERE these days. What a poor reflection of our community. You’ve done a great job with your photography on this one, Ehpem, showing us all the nastiness of the garbage, but also using these scenes as a means to produce some really interesting art pieces.
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Thanks Toad – might as well make the most of it, before picking it up and putting it in the garbage. One of the situations I would use photos of people without their permission is if I caught them on film making a mess like this.
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I have the same problem with trash at the millpond where I shoot my photos. Photoshop comes in handy to cover it up. I channel my anger into action to help get rid of as much as I can. People leave cups and pizza boxes on the benches and don’t think about the breezes that will blow it into the pond where it might be seen for years. I just pick it up on each of my walks as long as it isn’t gooey or covered with raccoon saliva. There are trash bins every 50 yards so it isn’t a big task for me to toss it away. I feel it’s my duty to help the maintenance staff since it’s “my” park, too.
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Hi Doug – nice to have you back. I too pick up the trash and stow it – though I don’t stoop to cigarette butts and the like. “Every 50 yards” is the part that really gets me. Something wrong with society if it is more cool to leave stuff lying around than it is to walk 50 yards (or less) to bin some trash.
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This is a sore spot with me, also. While the Park nearest us is enjoyed by thousands, there is always evidence of those that disrespect it as well. Earlier this summer, I scouted some locations to shoot some senior photos in the Park and decided on an area with very old trees as a background and prop. When I returned to shoot the photos there was graffiti spray painted on the trees, more so than I could Rhotoshop out. Funny how the beauty of a tree that stood for 100 years can be destroyed by a kid with a $3 can of Krylon. Nice photos, btw.
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Thanks for the comment Ken. How aggravating to have that happen, and the timing could not be worse. The only graffiti I have noticed on trees is that sprayed by foresters in preparation for cutting them down – lots of that in this part of the world.
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It confuses me when people go out into nature and smoke or otherwise sully what they came to enjoy.
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It is confusing isn’t it – they go to look, but not to appreciate. I would hate to see their living rooms, cigarette butts and coffee cups all around the TV, which they also go to look at.
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