Scrap metal

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Stretched to 800%: soundcloud.com/belloww/metallica-nothing-else-matters-stretched-to-800

Once again a lucky coincidence was on my way. During last week I suggested my friends at The Sunday Challenge group to shoot something "big" for this week's Metal challenge, something like ship, bridge or Eiffel tower...

Yesterday I went to shoot the contents of a scrap metal container. And there it was: a clock illustrated with Eiffel tower! And the view was just as seen on the picture. Nothing moved or added =)

But please do open in full size and notice the post processing trick... ;-)

The "bleeding colors" is made with GIMP wind effect. First image has to be turned 90 degrees during editing. Then the wind effect is combined in two stages, using two layers, where the 'Color' layer mode is used on one layer, and 'Hue' layer mode on another.

Melanie from N.Y., Gudrun, Ulrich John, Annemarie and 18 other people have particularly liked this photo

38 comments - The latest ones

Chrissy ^club

Das ist eine interessante Zusammenstellung. Habt ihr eigene Container für Metall? Bei uns kommen Konservendosen mit Plastikverpackungen zusammen in die Tonne ...

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Chrissy ^club

Yes, here we (consumers) do separate (or try to separate) metal and plastic. As you can see in this picture, someone has thrown there a plastic back, and surely that clock also have some plastic parts. Of course little amounts of plastic does not matter when the scrap becomes separated into aluminum and other metals, and then melted.

7 years ago.

Taormina

Wie kann man mit der "Zeit" nur so umgehen...
da ist doch noch welche übrig.

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Taormina

It is never too late =D

7 years ago.

Heidiho ^club

... es ist "5 vor 12" (oder 7 vor ...). Die Welt verkommt zum Müllhaufen. Die Uhr tickt.

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Heidiho ^club

Yes, rather symbolic image this turned out to be... =/

But I still keep on planting trees! =)

7 years ago.

Heidiho ^club

... btw: METALLICA gives the perfect sound !

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Heidiho ^club

Yes, sort of reference to discussion there was when we had the previous metal challenge =D

7 years ago.

H C

A perfect find for the challenge.

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to H C

Thank you, HC =)

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club

Well Sami, you've managed to get the Eiffel Tower in a scrap metal container which must be at least 324 metres wide. Gustav will not be pleased. ;-)

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

On the other hand, all that scrap metal could be used to create an Eiffel tower duplicate =D

7 years ago.

Clickity Click

Like Thomas couldn't resist a pun here. Time is short for these items. Our metal challenges always cease to amaze with. The images are so clever. :)

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Clickity Click

Yes, I'm very pleased to see what peeps found again on this favorite challenge of mine =)

7 years ago.

Thérèse ^club

Quelle poubelle ! Quel travail sur son contenu ! Une œuvre d'art... Quel coït chanceux ! lol

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Thérèse ^club

Merci, Thérèse =)

Yes, I took several shots of this view during the week, and on Saturday the clock had appeared there =D

7 years ago.

M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

It's RUBBISH !!!!...... great work Sami for the challenge & the Eiffel Tower thrown in !!!

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

Yes it is! =D Trash art =)

7 years ago.

Jan

Great idea. Sami

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Jan

Thank you, Janano =)

7 years ago.

Esther ^club

That is very cool!

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Esther ^club

Thank you, Esther =)

7 years ago.

autofantasia ^club

Nicely crafted as ever Sami ... hard to believe though you'd come across this after what you'd said, but I believe you! ;)

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to autofantasia ^club

Thanks Paul =)

I actually took several versions during the week. But when I saw this view on Saturday morning, I just knew it definitely was worth to wait, and see all that trouble.

7 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

great with the blue background

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Wierd Folkersma ^club

That blue actually was what motivated me to choose this subject ;-)

7 years ago.

Gary Schotel ^club

Wonderful photo of junk....love it.... :-)

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Gary Schotel ^club

Thank you, Gary =)

7 years ago.

PhLB - Luc Boonen ^club

lots of scrap metal, a funny story

7 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Interesting effect and story of your Eiffel Tower moment :-)

7 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Good work, well done.
Have a lovely day ;-)

7 years ago.

aNNa schramm ^club

it is a long time before 5 vor 12
but it is further welded and packaged ... and the garbage can no longer be handled ...
see
this video >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOt_0dsRJY

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to aNNa schramm ^club

That is the sad truth =(

Although the video was in Deutsch, I somewhat know the story already. The only true solution would stop using plastic altogether, and still it is somewhat too late already.

7 years ago.

Valfal

Very interesting composition and effect, Sami. :-)

7 years ago.

christel.k ^club

da könnte man sich einige Mahlzeiten zusammenstellen ;-);
Klasse Arbeit, Sami!

7 years ago.

Shuttering Yukon

looks like 'the blue bin' we use for recycling

7 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Rubbish made to look really good:-)

7 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

Ha ha! =D Yes, rubbish may look cool, sometimes... ;-)

7 years ago.

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