Coke by onewing

Coke

While I was walking over the dunes at Birubi I spotted this coke can. I loved the way the low sunlight was caught in the metal.

I think the can must have been there for quite some time looking at the state of it, but after I had taken the photo I did put the can in a waste bin by the surf club. I didn't want anyone standing on the sharp metal, especially as it is quite rusty.

Thanks so much for all your lovely comments and favs on yesterday's Candy Stripe photo and for putting it on the TP and the PP.
People are so careless, I just don't get rubbish being left around. A lot of my fellow walkers around Stanthorpe pick up rubbish on our walks :)
May 29th, 2018  
This sort of things makes me so angry. It's careless and thoughtless to leave anything behind anywhere, so well done for picking it up after you've used it for your project. It does make for a cool image. That little patch of glinting sunlight looks great :)
May 29th, 2018  
Good for you. Takes a long time for people's litter to disappear.
May 29th, 2018  
Definitely ETOB, but irresponsible people's actions to leave it there.
May 29th, 2018  
At least it gave you a photo opportunity. I am discouraged by how thoughtless people are though.
May 29th, 2018  
be careful were you step - reminds me of a Jimmy Buffet song :)
May 29th, 2018  
Well done on removing the danger for others. Looks like it had been there for quite some time.
May 29th, 2018  
Glad you took photos and glad you took time to pick it up
May 29th, 2018  
@hermann @paul10 @sailingmusic @quietpurplehaze @louannwarren @pdulis @sangwann @stakade Thanks. To be fair this can was in a rather remote part of the dunes and not actually on the beach. As you can see it has been there for a while but even so maybe a young child wouldn't be likely to be walking in this part of the dunes, but a dog who can roam free here or maybe one of the horses or camels that are ridden regularly in this area could have be harmed.
May 29th, 2018  
Well done
May 29th, 2018  
Nice shot Babs. Littering is a real bug bear. We regularly pick up plastic bags and fishing line on our walks along the beach.
May 29th, 2018  
So sad to see litter anywhere. You were there so others could be there too. It did make a good photo. And you are a good person to have picked it up.
May 29th, 2018  
Like the shot Babs but why is that people can carry all their food to a picnic but can't carry the empties home!!
May 29th, 2018  
Great find and capture.
May 29th, 2018  
Neat find and capture
May 29th, 2018  
Great textures, but a shame people don't take their rubbish home
May 29th, 2018  
Thoughtless act by someone but at least it makes a great shot.
May 29th, 2018  
Oh this brings back memories, When I was young I jumped on some glass hidden in the sand dunes and severed a tendon. Why people leave rubbish around I will never know
May 29th, 2018  
You never know that it might be washed out of the sea. Our sea are polluted with human consumption.
May 29th, 2018  
You have made the can look like quite an artistic feature on the beach - so a good picture - but definitely better in the rubbish bin.
May 29th, 2018  
some nice colours and textures. Wonder if it floated in from somewhere far away
May 29th, 2018  
Why can `t people take there mess home? Looks very dangerous to me too.
May 29th, 2018  
@angelar Hello Angela, good to see you posting again.
May 29th, 2018  
It looks like it's been around the world and back.
May 30th, 2018  
Well-spotted! Great combination of textures between the can, the rust and the sand.
May 30th, 2018  
@bkbinthecity @merrelyn @henrir @thistle @mittens @seattlite @carolmw @angelar @suzanne234 @helenhall @pyrrhula @kathiecb @olivetreeann Thanks, I thought it made an interesting photo even if it was just litter.

@yaorenliu @cruiser It was a long way from the ocean, the dunes are over a kilometre wide and 32 kilometres long, so I think this can has been buried a few times as the sand shifts.
May 30th, 2018  
Works for me Babs, good to find someone else who sees interest in some litter.
May 30th, 2018  
Tells the story of someone's good time from time past.
May 30th, 2018  
@golftragic Works for me too, beauty in vandalism.
May 30th, 2018  
@taffy Definitely, teenagers often wander into the dunes in an evening for a bit of slap and tickle. ha ha
May 30th, 2018  
Nice find, it has a soft golden glow.
May 30th, 2018  
Well spotted and captured! :-)
June 2nd, 2018  
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