Forum: Photography


Subject: Monthy Challenge-Social Issues

wackiej opened this issue on Mar 19, 2005 ยท 13 posts


wackiej posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 11:25 AM

Attached Link: Tourists-Take The Bus To The Next Destination

Earlier this month we were visiting Ensenada Mexico. The city has worked hard to present a clean and cultured community. New parks, lots of grass, scupltures and trees greet you when you arrive, but just take short walk off the main path and you see not much has changed. These pelicans are beautiful but live amongst the trash of the people. There were 6 or 7 birds sitting there and no angles which I could shoot to minimize the garbage. This bay, where this was taken, is calving grounds for Grey Whales. It lies just a few miles from where the local fisherman catch their haul for market. Repairs on ships are done and every chemical goes directly into the bay. I was amazed at the garbage, oil slicks and the river of sludge that you could follow, almost to the entrance.