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Truck Thursday.
This is the company that picks up our recycling every other week. We bring our own garbage to the dump because we have a very small footprint in that respect.
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14700
I remember when I first started at New Mexico State University in 1995 seeing the Roadrunner at its original home at the city dump. We used it as a landmark while dove hunting.
I didn't know it had been rebuilt several times over the years.
A sadly common sight on the streets of Hong Kong; elderly people pushing around trolleys piled with cardboard for recycling, to make a little bit of money.
A view of the Colosseum almost by evening.
The shadows were gathering fast; the crowd of tourists was as noisy as ever and I was trying to take a meaningful capture of the amphitheater- something different from the usual, something telling at least a part of the story of the place; something which was not too similar to a messy, unwilled group shot.
The paragraph of the story of the Colosseum I have chosen is interesting - the shot... well, I hope it is worth the effort.
The fact leaves me gaping every time I think about it: for centuries the inhabitants of Rome (and the Popes as well) has been using the Colosseum as a travertine quarry at their fingertips. They took away stone upon stone from the amphitheater, to reuse them in the construction of other buildings.
In our modern times we stress a lot the issue of recycling, but our sense of history makes us preserving historical heritage, while recycling our contemporary waste. However, so much of what we build and produce - even our architecture - will not be so long-lasting to be part of the history of our posterity :-(.
You can find some interesting information about this story of dismantling the past here.
I have blended three HDR images derived from a 3-bracketing, -1.67 ev/0/+1.67 ev, generated and tonemapped with Luminance HDR 2.4.0 (Mantiuk06, Fattal, and Reinhard05 operators).
Luminance HDR 2.4.0 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk06
Contrast Mapping factor: 0.24
Saturation Factor: 0.57
Detail Factor: 2.2
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PreGamma: 0.67
Operator: Fattal
alpha: 1.73
beta: 0.86
Saturation: 0.42
Noiseredux: 0
fftsolver: 1
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PreGamma: 0.79
Operator: Reinhard05
Brightness: 2.0
Chromatic adaptation: 0.91
Light adaptation: 0.28
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PreGamma: 0.91
Eugene, Oregon.
detail in comments.
I was really impressed and intrigued by this fellas retrofit and homemade moped.
Looking rather like a vast spacecraft that has settled beside Stirrups Lane, this is Anglian Water’s Lowestoft Water Recycling Centre at Corton, Suffolk. Built around 2001–02 to provide modern sewage treatment for Lowestoft and the surrounding area, the development occupies approximately 17.5 hectares and represented an investment variously reported as about £70–75 million. It remains owned and operated by Anglian Water Services.
Its extraordinary central building was designed to bring the normally exposed stages of wastewater treatment together inside a fully enclosed, odour-controlled structure. It was described by its architects as the first completely enclosed building of its type. The oval, elongated dome measures approximately 160 metres by 110–113 metres, making it one of Britain’s largest covered sewage-treatment works.
The enormous aluminium standing-seam roof covers around 14,200 square metres, or roughly 1.5 hectares. A continuous 1.5-metre-high strip of glazing runs below the eaves, bringing daylight into the building. Rainwater from the curved roof is collected in a perimeter channel, or rill, and diverted into nearby lagoons.
To reduce its visual impact on the gently rolling Suffolk countryside, the building was recessed into the ground by as much as eight metres. Extensive remodelling of the surrounding land raises the contours towards the structure, so much of its immense bulk is hidden when seen from ground level. From the air, however, its complete elliptical form is unmistakable. The complex also incorporated a visitor centre and supporting facilities.
The architectural design is credited to the practice now known as BCR Infinity Architects, while LDA Design was involved in the landscape design and integration of the works into its rural setting. The specialist roof and cladding package was undertaken by WW Roofing and Cladding, whose work received a commendation for subcontractor best practice. Abloy Security designed a five-tier access-control system for the site, reflecting the variety of employees, contractors, delivery drivers and visitors requiring controlled entry.
The scheme received an unusually long list of architectural and engineering honours for a sewage works. These included a British Construction Industry Award in 2002, an Institution of Civil Engineers award in 2002, the RIBA Spirit of Ingenuity Award for the Eastern Region in 2002, a RIBA Award for Architecture in 2003, a Civic Trust commendation in 2003 and an Aluminium Imagination Award in 2003.
Before construction, an archaeological assessment was commissioned for Anglian Water because the chosen location included the site of a disused holiday camp and land with possible earlier archaeological interest. The centre was subsequently completed in 2001–02, replacing older treatment arrangements serving Lowestoft.
Although it resembles a futuristic arena, airship hangar or landed flying saucer, its unusual shape has a practical purpose: containing the treatment processes and their odours while allowing a very large industrial installation to sit comparatively discreetly within the landscape.
Photographed from the air over Corton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Here's the second small preview of the large build.
I was again inspired by Diginiki and her amazing shots of lego ciitizens :). I included my recycling truck I got a while back and the garbage man I got from a lego convention in a huge tub of figs that were a dollar each, and lastly the clumsy guy, one of my favorite minifigs from the new series.
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Recycling by the beach
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CSX Q032-25 was heading for North Bergen, NJ with the 7200 on the rear in DPU mode ducking under a morning cloud deck.
Passing through Rosedale on the Philadelphia Subdivision, CM44AH 7200 is the first modernized CSX AC4400CW released from the Wabtec plant in Erie. The dusty GE was formerly CSX 202.
Aerial view of a large metal recycling operation at the Port of Richmond. A large number of trucks were being loaded at this time for a short trip to a large cargo ship which will transport the massive quantity of metals to Asia.
There is often a 30 - 50 ft high mountain of metal here. I was surprised to find so much less here this time around. Maybe it was already loaded on the cargo ship.
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AWS Recycling Ltd is a leading waste management company registered under the ISO 14001 accreditation.
With contracts throughout the West Midlands. Their team are here to help with the ever-growing recycling requirements of all their customers.
AWS Ltd offers all aspects of waste management in the work place, with total business recycling that ensures the efficient and environmentally friendly way to dispose of all waste materials.
AWS is an independently owned company enabling them to offer their customers the best prices and contracts in such a competitive market. With over 25 years experience of working within the waste industry we have expert knowledge and advice on waste management solutions.
A.W.S Recycling Ltd (the ‘Organisation’) recognises the importance of environmental protection and is committed to operating its business responsibly and in compliance with all environmental regulations, legislation and approved codes of practice relating to civil and construction engineering and the Organisation’s overall business activities.
They work in partnership with organisations to offer the most efficient waste management solution. They ensure they have a full understanding of requirements, and deliver on their promises. Their responsibility to their customers is more than just a waste collection service; they endeavour to meet all needs, from providing the solutions, collecting and disposing/recycling of waste, to also providing reports of waste and recycling figures.
Mannequin head photo recycled and now added with a dash of colors. I think@I used a graphite app to give a softness to the image and it reminds me of a Da’Vici sketch. The softness of the underlying photo.
One of many really cool fences at Wild Spring Guest Habitat in Port Orford, Oregon. Myriad tones, textures, knots in the planks - and here I even see a small fox face - or maybe dog, cat, or wolf - center left of the main post.
www.recyclart.org/2013/06/phone-wire-necklace/
Rused phone wire into necklace.
More information at Semi Dry website !
Leica M4-P, Voigtlander Color Skopar 35mm f2.5, Ilford Hp5 - Developed in Ilfosol 3 (11min@20C), hyperfocal -
This is one of the scene's I remember really clear! I saw him kicking a bottle accros the street, and then he shouted something to his mom in french. This was my signal to aim my camera at him. Then he jumped. I can't remember if he even landed,... I just walked away re-checking my camera settings to see if I had it. For the next 5 minutes I must have drove my girlfriend mad talking about this shot. :-)
So If you have seen any flat bottles in Avignon, it has probably been this kid.
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