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20D: SO GOOD IT'S CRIMINAL !
I'm bored this afternoon so I go over to the dam to try to get some
pics of the herons flying (they were very uncooperative). I'm also shooting a few ducks, some cardinals, and the lone falcon that lives there. The light is terrible, it's about to rain, but hey ... I love a challenge. Anyway, I'm minding my own business when I notice there's some rookie cop standing there beside me asking me what I was shooting. "Birds," I told him without even looking up from my 20D and the Forgotten 400 f/ 5.6L. "Show me," he demands. So he makes me scroll through the entire CF card showing him the photos to make sure I'm not shooting a picture of little kids or the bridge ... you know, like terrorists always do. So I'm narrating the pics as I scroll, "Great Blue Heron, duck, falcon, duck, Presidential Motorcade, me flipping off the Pres, another duck, me and the old lady doing it ..... " You know, the usual stuff. Just kidding about the Presidential pics. Thankfully, I deleted them from the card before today's shoot. Otherwise, I might be typing this from Guantanimo. I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) I know Bush (and his gang of crooks) wipes his ass with the Constitution, but I must've missed it when photography became a crime. I'm just glad my pal, Kamran, wasnt with me. He's from Pakistan and he's got a quick tongue. Can you say, "Taser?" This isn't the first time this has happened to me, either. I think the next time it happens I will politely ask the officer for a list of things that I may and may not photograph. If he can't provide such a list I shall politely ask him to go **** up a rope. Anyway, here's a crappy pic from today's crappy shoot. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 |
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"Annika1980" wrote in message ps.com... I'm bored this afternoon so I go over to the dam to try to get some pics of the herons flying (they were very uncooperative). I'm also shooting a few ducks, some cardinals, and the lone falcon that lives there. The light is terrible, it's about to rain, but hey ... I love a challenge. Anyway, I'm minding my own business when I notice there's some rookie cop standing there beside me asking me what I was shooting. "Birds," I told him without even looking up from my 20D and the Forgotten 400 f/ 5.6L. "Show me," he demands. So he makes me scroll through the entire CF card showing him the photos to make sure I'm not shooting a picture of little kids or the bridge ... you know, like terrorists always do. So I'm narrating the pics as I scroll, "Great Blue Heron, duck, falcon, duck, Presidential Motorcade, me flipping off the Pres, another duck, me and the old lady doing it ..... " You know, the usual stuff. Just kidding about the Presidential pics. Thankfully, I deleted them from the card before today's shoot. Otherwise, I might be typing this from Guantanimo. I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) I know Bush (and his gang of crooks) wipes his ass with the Constitution, but I must've missed it when photography became a crime. I'm just glad my pal, Kamran, wasnt with me. He's from Pakistan and he's got a quick tongue. Can you say, "Taser?" This isn't the first time this has happened to me, either. I think the next time it happens I will politely ask the officer for a list of things that I may and may not photograph. If he can't provide such a list I shall politely ask him to go **** up a rope. Anyway, here's a crappy pic from today's crappy shoot. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 Have you ever been told to leave or not take pictures of an object? |
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On Feb 24, 8:50 pm, "micky311" wrote:
Have you ever been told to leave or not take pictures of an object? Do cheerleaders count? |
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Hello Annika,
What dam were you photographing? I live in Northern Calif. and we fish @ Lake Shasta, and now you cannot even get near the dam in a fishing boat. They will broadcast a loud "clear the dam" and if you don't they do have automatic weapons...... This all happened as a result of the craziness in this world. Hey, good photo shooting. John "Annika1980" wrote in message ps.com... I'm bored this afternoon so I go over to the dam to try to get some pics of the herons flying (they were very uncooperative). I'm also shooting a few ducks, some cardinals, and the lone falcon that lives there. The light is terrible, it's about to rain, but hey ... I love a challenge. Anyway, I'm minding my own business when I notice there's some rookie cop standing there beside me asking me what I was shooting. "Birds," I told him without even looking up from my 20D and the Forgotten 400 f/ 5.6L. "Show me," he demands. So he makes me scroll through the entire CF card showing him the photos to make sure I'm not shooting a picture of little kids or the bridge ... you know, like terrorists always do. So I'm narrating the pics as I scroll, "Great Blue Heron, duck, falcon, duck, Presidential Motorcade, me flipping off the Pres, another duck, me and the old lady doing it ..... " You know, the usual stuff. Just kidding about the Presidential pics. Thankfully, I deleted them from the card before today's shoot. Otherwise, I might be typing this from Guantanimo. I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) I know Bush (and his gang of crooks) wipes his ass with the Constitution, but I must've missed it when photography became a crime. I'm just glad my pal, Kamran, wasnt with me. He's from Pakistan and he's got a quick tongue. Can you say, "Taser?" This isn't the first time this has happened to me, either. I think the next time it happens I will politely ask the officer for a list of things that I may and may not photograph. If he can't provide such a list I shall politely ask him to go **** up a rope. Anyway, here's a crappy pic from today's crappy shoot. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 |
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In article om,
"Annika1980" wrote: I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) Wrong, perhaps the last 6 years has only become a greater excuse. During the Clinton administration I was in a DC National Park with a group of other LF Photographers. Being the defacto leader at the time I was approached by a Park Police officer and informed I was breaking a Federal Law by having my camera on a tripod without a permit. After getting highly ****ed off, and journeying to the administrative headquarters there (where I was "Informed " the officer was correct-but they couldn't produce the exact legislative quote for the law) I later saw this officer speeding without sirens or lights through a non park intersection (I remembered the squad car, #) I reported this whole, incident to office of the Interior that runs park services. I got around about apology. Furthermore, at the time other photographers were being hassled, eventually the Park service issued a statement which was published that the average photographer in the park did not need a permit, but the law very from place to place according to types of Park one visited. As much as we wish to perhaps Demonize this Presidential admin the problem of local authority taking liberties goes a bit beyond my lifespan- I think. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 -- George W. Bush is the President Quayle we never had. |
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:07:57 -0500, Gregory Blank
wrote: In article om, "Annika1980" wrote: I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) Wrong, perhaps the last 6 years has only become a greater excuse. During the Clinton administration I was in a DC National Park with a group of other LF Photographers. Being the defacto leader at the time I was approached by a Park Police officer and informed I was breaking a Federal Law by having my camera on a tripod without a permit. The tripod thing is a piece of stupidity based on government officials getting their information about weapons from watching movies rather than talking to someone who actually knows something or actually conducting tests. The notion is that one can mount a firearm on a photographic tripod for purposes of sniping. Never mind that it doesn't work. After getting highly ****ed off, and journeying to the administrative headquarters there (where I was "Informed " the officer was correct-but they couldn't produce the exact legislative quote for the law) I later saw this officer speeding without sirens or lights through a non park intersection (I remembered the squad car, #) I reported this whole, incident to office of the Interior that runs park services. I got around about apology. Furthermore, at the time other photographers were being hassled, eventually the Park service issued a statement which was published that the average photographer in the park did not need a permit, but the law very from place to place according to types of Park one visited. As much as we wish to perhaps Demonize this Presidential admin the problem of local authority taking liberties goes a bit beyond my lifespan- I think. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 |
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Annika1980 wrote: I'm bored this afternoon so I go over to the dam to try to get some pics of the herons flying (they were very uncooperative). I'm also shooting a few ducks, some cardinals, and the lone falcon that lives there. The light is terrible, it's about to rain, but hey ... I love a challenge. Anyway, I'm minding my own business when I notice there's some rookie cop standing there beside me asking me what I was shooting. "Birds," I told him without even looking up from my 20D and the Forgotten 400 f/ 5.6L. "Show me," he demands. So he makes me scroll through the entire CF card showing him the photos to make sure I'm not shooting a picture of little kids or the bridge ... you know, like terrorists always do. So I'm narrating the pics as I scroll, "Great Blue Heron, duck, falcon, duck, Presidential Motorcade, me flipping off the Pres, another duck, me and the old lady doing it ..... " You know, the usual stuff. Just kidding about the Presidential pics. Thankfully, I deleted them from the card before today's shoot. Otherwise, I might be typing this from Guantanimo. I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) I know Bush (and his gang of crooks) wipes his ass with the Constitution, but I must've missed it when photography became a crime. I'm just glad my pal, Kamran, wasnt with me. He's from Pakistan and he's got a quick tongue. Can you say, "Taser?" This isn't the first time this has happened to me, either. I think the next time it happens I will politely ask the officer for a list of things that I may and may not photograph. If he can't provide such a list I shall politely ask him to go **** up a rope. Anyway, here's a crappy pic from today's crappy shoot. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 BTW, Have you seen Spike lately? I'm wondering if he ever worked that nail out of his neck or did the nail eventually do him in? Bob Williams |
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"Bob Williams" wrote in message
... Annika1980 wrote: I'm bored this afternoon so I go over to the dam to try to get some pics of the herons flying (they were very uncooperative). I'm also shooting a few ducks, some cardinals, and the lone falcon that lives there. The light is terrible, it's about to rain, but hey ... I love a challenge. Anyway, I'm minding my own business when I notice there's some rookie cop standing there beside me asking me what I was shooting. "Birds," I told him without even looking up from my 20D and the Forgotten 400 f/ 5.6L. "Show me," he demands. So he makes me scroll through the entire CF card showing him the photos to make sure I'm not shooting a picture of little kids or the bridge ... you know, like terrorists always do. So I'm narrating the pics as I scroll, "Great Blue Heron, duck, falcon, duck, Presidential Motorcade, me flipping off the Pres, another duck, me and the old lady doing it ..... " You know, the usual stuff. Just kidding about the Presidential pics. Thankfully, I deleted them from the card before today's shoot. Otherwise, I might be typing this from Guantanimo. I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) I know Bush (and his gang of crooks) wipes his ass with the Constitution, but I must've missed it when photography became a crime. I'm just glad my pal, Kamran, wasnt with me. He's from Pakistan and he's got a quick tongue. Can you say, "Taser?" This isn't the first time this has happened to me, either. I think the next time it happens I will politely ask the officer for a list of things that I may and may not photograph. If he can't provide such a list I shall politely ask him to go **** up a rope. Anyway, here's a crappy pic from today's crappy shoot. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 BTW, Have you seen Spike lately? I'm wondering if he ever worked that nail out of his neck or did the nail eventually do him in? Bob Williams How is ol' Spike? Oh yeah, When shooting around a bridge, leave the turbin at home. : ) John |
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"Annika1980" wrote in message ps.com... I'm bored this afternoon so I go over to the dam to try to get some pics of the herons flying (they were very uncooperative). I'm also shooting a few ducks, some cardinals, and the lone falcon that lives there. The light is terrible, it's about to rain, but hey ... I love a challenge. Anyway, I'm minding my own business when I notice there's some rookie cop standing there beside me asking me what I was shooting. "Birds," I told him without even looking up from my 20D and the Forgotten 400 f/ 5.6L. "Show me," he demands. So he makes me scroll through the entire CF card showing him the photos to make sure I'm not shooting a picture of little kids or the bridge ... you know, like terrorists always do. So I'm narrating the pics as I scroll, "Great Blue Heron, duck, falcon, duck, Presidential Motorcade, me flipping off the Pres, another duck, me and the old lady doing it ..... " You know, the usual stuff. Just kidding about the Presidential pics. Thankfully, I deleted them from the card before today's shoot. Otherwise, I might be typing this from Guantanimo. I was very polite with the flatfoot (since I don't really like jail), but the more I thought about it after he left the madder I got. At what point does having a nice camera make one a terrorist suspect? When did that happen? (I know it must've been in the last 6 years.) I know Bush (and his gang of crooks) wipes his ass with the Constitution, but I must've missed it when photography became a crime. I'm just glad my pal, Kamran, wasnt with me. He's from Pakistan and he's got a quick tongue. Can you say, "Taser?" This isn't the first time this has happened to me, either. I think the next time it happens I will politely ask the officer for a list of things that I may and may not photograph. If he can't provide such a list I shall politely ask him to go **** up a rope. Anyway, here's a crappy pic from today's crappy shoot. http://www.pbase.com/image/74796772 Sorry to hear about your Barney Fife encounter Bret. I often think this is more a disconnect within the police department or more likely the officer then actual enforcement of any real laws. Living right here at Ground Zero I can tell you I've shot all over the city and surrounding parks and I've never been stopped. I'm not saying that we don't have our share of Barney Fifes but I find it interesting that I've been out and about around all sorts of federal buildings at all sorts of time w/ and w/o my tripod and I've never been asked "Hey you potential terrorist what are you doing?" Most times when I'm on the Mall shooting the Park Police smile and walk on by. I have pics of just about every bridge across the Potomac, pics of the capital, white house, I've been all over the National parks and no one has thought twice about it. Maybe I'm just lucky but it makes me curious if incidents like yours aren't just individual police departments or officer run-a-muck. Regardless you managed yet another good pic in rather poor conditions. -- Rob "A disturbing new study finds that studies are disturbing" |
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It is a shame. If we really ran the country according to the laws on
the books, you could probably just ignore the cop completely or tell him to buzz off. But we all know that probably wouldn't turn out so well. |
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