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KonstantinosK
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trainingpants: What's never mentioned about trash in the oceans is that this is a problem in poor and developing countries. It's no surprise that this picture was taken in Indonesia.
Dumping trash in the oceans has been banned for decades in most post-industrial countries; the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The waste is either recycled, incinerated or buried in landfills and doesn't end up in waterways or the oceans unless it's tossed there by careless people; the thoughtless ones who leave their trash in parks, picnic areas and the wilderness for others to pick up.
I read the article about Hong Kong and that was an incident and not a permanent situation. Anyhow, that doesn't change the fact that humanity in general has done and is keep doing great damage to the environment and images such the one in the article are disconcerting and embarrassing.
BobORama: First off, great photo. Really.
Yes, so very tragic, and so on. What of the environmental cost of flying halfway around the world with a gaggle of your paying customers to go snorkeling, or profiteering from that behavior, and encouraging others to gallivant around the globe on "nature expeditions" for profit? If you want to be an environmentalist, be one.
I am sure Johnson & Johnson can clear this up, but IIRC Q-Tips are entirely biodegradable and use a cardboard stick. The item in the photo appears not to be a Q-Tip. As for the seahorse, it seems quite happy being conveyed around on its cotton swab sail. Who knows, it might confer a survival advantage. When Mount Tambora exploded 200 years ago, ejecting the mountian into the sky - now that was an environmental crisis. That sea horse's ancestors survived an explosion causing a global volcanic winter - it will be just fine wading the garbage some tourist probably brought with them.
The Q-tip is the tip of the iceberg, there is probably a far bigger amount of trash flowing around that sea horse. And while traveling and tourism cannot be banned for environmental reasons, sustainable management of production and waste need a lot of steps to make all over the world. And first of all, every single one of us must be very careful about what we do with our trash.
trainingpants: What's never mentioned about trash in the oceans is that this is a problem in poor and developing countries. It's no surprise that this picture was taken in Indonesia.
Dumping trash in the oceans has been banned for decades in most post-industrial countries; the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The waste is either recycled, incinerated or buried in landfills and doesn't end up in waterways or the oceans unless it's tossed there by careless people; the thoughtless ones who leave their trash in parks, picnic areas and the wilderness for others to pick up.
trainingpants, you'd be surprised by the amount of trash developed people of developed countries leave behind them on beaches in developed countries.
A great and simple photo that evokes sadness to me.
I just wish they won't give it a retro look like the DF or Fujifilm. But I'm afraid they will, for obvious reasons.
KonstantinosK: FF, obviously. That Nikon 1 mirrorless ILC was such a rubbish idea that the Sony RX100 series killed it easily.
You didn't need to stay loyal to Nikon and use the 1 to see the advantages of mirrorless, you know. Just because you wanted to try Nikon as a first taste for mirroless doesn't mean the 1 wasn't rubbish.
FF, obviously. That Nikon 1 mirrorless ILC was such a rubbish idea that the Sony RX100 series killed it easily.
Awesome! See more fantastic photos of Humpback whales in Tonga here:
http://humpbackswims.com/photos/#prettyPhoto
barrym1966: Isn't that a bigger buffer than the d850? Just saying....
Less data to move around
Wow, it will cost a bomb. Looks like it will be a great machine, but still...
Awesome
Extremely interesting and enjoyable article.
Is Trey Ratcliff style HDR still in fashion?
Snapseed is all I need.
KonstantinosK: I witnessed people taking smiling selfies in front of Tito's grave in Belgrade. I felt uneasy and I thought that they were really stupid and disrespectful.
Ok, end of conversation.
maxnimo: What do you when the battery goes bad?
Most probably there will be a nice video in Youtube with DIY instructions. A few years ago I did replace the battery in my phone, which was supposedly not replaceable and stuck in the motherboard with glue, by watching a video with instructions ....in Russian.
KonstantinosK: I witnessed people taking smiling selfies in front of Tito's grave in Belgrade. I felt uneasy and I thought that they were really stupid and disrespectful.
Do you really thing they were taking smiling selfies in front of a person's grave, in a place which is not New Orleans, just because they were not embracing the dark side of death???
KonstantinosK: I witnessed people taking smiling selfies in front of Tito's grave in Belgrade. I felt uneasy and I thought that they were really stupid and disrespectful.
Because it didn't feel right to take smiling selfies in front of a person's grave.
I witnessed people taking smiling selfies in front of Tito's grave in Belgrade. I felt uneasy and I thought that they were really stupid and disrespectful.
9 out of 10. I'm ashamed, I was aiming for pure 10.