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Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a
shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing behind this shooter is timing him. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg In another area was a group of people taking instruction on modern small weapons from an instructor. I took a couple of snaps and the instructor came over and said "No photographs allowed". My answer was the short form: "Bull****". I was far behind them with a 200mm lens and out of ear range of the shutter click, so I wasn't disturbing anything. The instructor got shirty with me and said it was against the law to take a photograph of someone without their permission. This made me laugh. He had an NRA patch on his shirt, so I asked him how he would feel if I started making up laws about guns. He just turned and walked away. The subject matter wasn't interesting, so I left after just a couple of snaps. What gets me the most is the hypocrisy of the instructor. There is no group in this country that spends more time, energy, and money to ensure that their right to pursue their own hobby is not abridged than gun owners who are in the NRA. Yet, this guy wanted to deny me my right to pursue my own hobby. The little would-be tyrant: http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...7jgdT9S-X3.jpg -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:25:04 -0400, tony cooper
wrote: : Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a : shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. : We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, : rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. : : Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going : on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their : weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. : : http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg : : Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't : just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too : good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. : : The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing : behind this shooter is timing him. : : http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg I'd be inclined to crop off about two thirds of the distance from the top of the frame to the tops of the subjects' hats. The fact that the picture is already cramped laterally, with one of the subjects badly truncated, makes the extra margin at the top more conspicuous. Bob |
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On 2011-09-11 14:25:04 -0700, tony cooper said:
Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing behind this shooter is timing him. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg In another area was a group of people taking instruction on modern small weapons from an instructor. I took a couple of snaps and the instructor came over and said "No photographs allowed". My answer was the short form: "Bull****". I was far behind them with a 200mm lens and out of ear range of the shutter click, so I wasn't disturbing anything. The instructor got shirty with me and said it was against the law to take a photograph of someone without their permission. This made me laugh. He had an NRA patch on his shirt, so I asked him how he would feel if I started making up laws about guns. He just turned and walked away. The subject matter wasn't interesting, so I left after just a couple of snaps. What gets me the most is the hypocrisy of the instructor. There is no group in this country that spends more time, energy, and money to ensure that their right to pursue their own hobby is not abridged than gun owners who are in the NRA. Yet, this guy wanted to deny me my right to pursue my own hobby. The little would-be tyrant: http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...7jgdT9S-X3.jpg I would not be surprised to find that this individual has a day job with the TSA. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 11/09/2011 5:25 PM, tony cooper wrote:
Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing behind this shooter is timing him. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg In another area was a group of people taking instruction on modern small weapons from an instructor. I took a couple of snaps and the instructor came over and said "No photographs allowed". My answer was the short form: "Bull****". I was far behind them with a 200mm lens and out of ear range of the shutter click, so I wasn't disturbing anything. The instructor got shirty with me and said it was against the law to take a photograph of someone without their permission. This made me laugh. He had an NRA patch on his shirt, so I asked him how he would feel if I started making up laws about guns. He just turned and walked away. The shooting range I would presume is "Private Property" I would say the same thing if you came into my living room... Mike |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:03:35 -0400, Mike wrote:
On 11/09/2011 5:25 PM, tony cooper wrote: Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing behind this shooter is timing him. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg In another area was a group of people taking instruction on modern small weapons from an instructor. I took a couple of snaps and the instructor came over and said "No photographs allowed". My answer was the short form: "Bull****". I was far behind them with a 200mm lens and out of ear range of the shutter click, so I wasn't disturbing anything. The instructor got shirty with me and said it was against the law to take a photograph of someone without their permission. This made me laugh. He had an NRA patch on his shirt, so I asked him how he would feel if I started making up laws about guns. He just turned and walked away. The shooting range I would presume is "Private Property" I would say the same thing if you came into my living room... He is not the owner of the property. It's a county-owned range primarily used as a weapons training range by the various county police departments. If someone says "Please don't take my picture", I go along with it. When someone says "No photographs allowed" and "You can't take my photo without my permission", I keep snapping if I think it could be an interesting photo. It was especially aggravating to have a NRA member try to constrain my rights. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:39:16 -0400, Robert Coe wrote:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:25:04 -0400, tony cooper wrote: : Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a : shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. : We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, : rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. : : Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going : on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their : weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. : : http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg : : Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't : just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too : good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. : : The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing : behind this shooter is timing him. : : http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg I'd be inclined to crop off about two thirds of the distance from the top of the frame to the tops of the subjects' hats. The fact that the picture is already cramped laterally, with one of the subjects badly truncated, makes the extra margin at the top more conspicuous. It's cropped to 4" x 6" as I crop all family snapshots. It'll be in the family Lightroom Catalog as a scene-setting photo for the photos of the grandchildren that day. I'll creatively crop if the use is for some other purpose. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On 9/11/2011 5:25 PM, tony cooper wrote:
Someone pulled that on me today. I took my grandchildren to a shooting range where a group of "Cowboy Shooters" meet once a month. We spent a couple of hours watching these hobbyists fire six-shooters, rifles, and shotguns with genuine or replica frontier-era weapons. Nice group of people. Several took the time to explain what was going on to my six and seven year-old grandchildren, showed them their weapons, and one even allowed the boys to dry fire his six-shooter. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fGQnLTS-X3.jpg Some good shots of the grandchildren today, but nothing that isn't just a snapshot. Mostly, the view is the back of people. Not too good standing in front of them since they are using live ammo. The shooting is scored on time minus misses, so the person standing behind this shooter is timing him. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...fLmj27p-X3.jpg In another area was a group of people taking instruction on modern small weapons from an instructor. I took a couple of snaps and the instructor came over and said "No photographs allowed". My answer was the short form: "Bull****". I was far behind them with a 200mm lens and out of ear range of the shutter click, so I wasn't disturbing anything. The instructor got shirty with me and said it was against the law to take a photograph of someone without their permission. This made me laugh. He had an NRA patch on his shirt, so I asked him how he would feel if I started making up laws about guns. He just turned and walked away. The subject matter wasn't interesting, so I left after just a couple of snaps. What gets me the most is the hypocrisy of the instructor. There is no group in this country that spends more time, energy, and money to ensure that their right to pursue their own hobby is not abridged than gun owners who are in the NRA. Yet, this guy wanted to deny me my right to pursue my own hobby. The little would-be tyrant: http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...7jgdT9S-X3.jpg Appropriate double standard. -- Peter |
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"Irwell" wrote in message
... On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:49:47 +0100, Charles E. Hardwidge wrote: "tony cooper" wrote in message ... The little would-be tyrant: http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos...7jgdT9S-X3.jpg Irony, the fifth fundamental force, strikes again (maybe for both of us) because that was the best photo you took. It's very flattering to this Jason Stratham wannabe with his "pro" kit and small paunch fondling a handgun like he's seen actors playing special forces handle them on TV. That thick throbbing vein on his forehead is a warning sign. LOL. Just noticed now you say that - he shaves his legs. -- Charles E. Hardwidge |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:19:49 -0400, tony cooper
wrote: : On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:39:16 -0400, Robert Coe wrote: : I'd be inclined to crop off about two thirds of the distance from the top : of the frame to the tops of the subjects' hats. The fact that the picture : is already cramped laterally, with one of the subjects badly truncated, : makes the extra margin at the top more conspicuous. : : It's cropped to 4" x 6" as I crop all family snapshots. It'll be in : the family Lightroom Catalog as a scene-setting photo for the photos : of the grandchildren that day. : : I'll creatively crop if the use is for some other purpose. Jeez, you're as bad as my daughter. She gripes if I give her any of my pictures at anything but a 3x2 aspect ratio, because she's got her albums, etc., set up for that. But she won't take my RAW originals, since she shoots only JPEGs, and processing RAW is outside her workflow. Fortunately, she's a good photographer (better than I am in some ways) and doesn't really need my stuff very often. I'm entirely too lazy to crop a picture differently, just to give it to her. Bob |
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