Redundant

michswiss

Richard

None of the above.

Nice catch.

bdcolen

michswiss wrote:

Almost. I can't put my finger on why it doesn't quite work.

adbsgicom

There is something cool about how the recycle bins are 'looking' at you, and the trash is 'looking' away.

michswiss

Thanks for the comments guys. I started out trying to get just the three recycle bins, then noticed the lonely standard issue receptacle to the right. It somehow seemed miffed that the three upstarts had taken over it's territory.

seastack

bdcolen wrote:

Almost. I can't put my finger on why it doesn't quite work.

Perhaps if it had a human element ... or a humorous human element like waiting for the timing and prepositioning the angle to catch just a head above the trashcan on the right ... or just waiting for some serendipitous additional element to kick it up to the next level. Well, that's just what I would do ... what would Erwitt do?

Mr. Quiet

Your title is perfect!

As abstract, I think it is good. But I agree with seastack that it needs more....life.

adbsgicom

I like it w/o people. Its about the cans.
I think from a statement point of view, if the colorful cans were cleaner and the other can was more rumpled, it would have had a stronger sense of 'replaced and dejected', but there is something still telling with how used the recycling containers are (they are starting of fill), and how relatively unused the regular can looks.

Richard

I think adding a human element would be very difficult without actually staging the shot, say someone between the group of three and the lone unlabeled one holding something made of wood and looking perplexed. The chances of happening upon that are pretty slim. Unless the person is in just the right place, one or more of the signs would be blocked, which would spoil the joke. I guess if you waited long enough, though, you could catch somebody putting a soft drink can into the wrong container or--worse--tossing it onto the ground.

eL eSs Vee

I think a shapely leg on a high heel, slightly blurred as it leaves the scene while a hand from same thoughtlessly tosses something recyclable into the standard receptacle, would either give this photo a serious message or make it really comical.

As for the image itself, I think it just barely misses the rule of thirds; it needs either more background or foreground. I can't decide which.