Photographer *not* hassled for photographing bridges andMississippi lock #1

Since people have posted about being hassled for photographing public
stuff, I thought I'd mention that I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it. Several other visitors were
there, and of course the lock staff (no idea how many people, they
were mostly inside, but there were 4 cars parked in employee spots).

(Using my digital Fuji S2; but really I'm posting here because I've
seen the complaints about other locations here.)
--
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RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/
Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/
Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/

You must not have looked like a tile head, and clean shaven.



"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
...
Since people have posted about being hassled for photographing public
stuff, I thought I'd mention that I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it. Several other visitors were
there, and of course the lock staff (no idea how many people, they
were mostly inside, but there were 4 cars parked in employee spots).

(Using my digital Fuji S2; but really I'm posting here because I've
seen the complaints about other locations here.)
--
David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/
RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/
Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/
http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/
Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/

You must not have looked like a tile head, and clean shaven.



"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
...
Since people have posted about being hassled for photographing public
stuff, I thought I'd mention that I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it. Several other visitors were
there, and of course the lock staff (no idea how many people, they
were mostly inside, but there were 4 cars parked in employee spots).

(Using my digital Fuji S2; but really I'm posting here because I've
seen the complaints about other locations here.)
--
David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/
RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/
Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/
http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/
Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:11:53 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet
wrote:

Since people have posted about being hassled for photographing public
stuff, I thought I'd mention that I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it. Several other visitors were
there, and of course the lock staff (no idea how many people, they
were mostly inside, but there were 4 cars parked in employee spots).

(Using my digital Fuji S2; but really I'm posting here because I've
seen the complaints about other locations here.)


I was photographing ducks and a riverboat casino in Dubuque Iowa a few
months ago. An officious and rather nasty Coast Guard person came out
and chased me away because I was too near his little pier, There are
spots of paranoia all over the country--something I fear will get
worse.

One wonders what would happen if the politicians in Washington
thought they would lose votes every time they fiddled with the terror
alerts.

jpc

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:11:53 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet
wrote:

Since people have posted about being hassled for photographing public
stuff, I thought I'd mention that I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it. Several other visitors were
there, and of course the lock staff (no idea how many people, they
were mostly inside, but there were 4 cars parked in employee spots).

(Using my digital Fuji S2; but really I'm posting here because I've
seen the complaints about other locations here.)


I was photographing ducks and a riverboat casino in Dubuque Iowa a few
months ago. An officious and rather nasty Coast Guard person came out
and chased me away because I was too near his little pier, There are
spots of paranoia all over the country--something I fear will get
worse.

One wonders what would happen if the politicians in Washington
thought they would lose votes every time they fiddled with the terror
alerts.

jpc

From: David Dyer-Bennet

I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it.

Try it tomorrow with a towel over your head. And just for effect, every few
minutes stand up and shout, "Allah Akbar!"

From: David Dyer-Bennet

I went over to Lock & Dam #1, and
photographed barge traffic, wildlife, and the Ford Parkway Bridge
(great view from various of the viewing platforms at the lock), and
nobody said a thing to me about it.

Try it tomorrow with a towel over your head. And just for effect, every few
minutes stand up and shout, "Allah Akbar!"

"Don" writes:

You must not have looked like a tile head, and clean shaven.

Long hair, *not* clean shaven (some photos in my pages below, but
*better* photos on Oleg's pages at
http://www.olegvolk.net/olegv/newsite/ddb/ddb.html).

Not sure what a "tile head" is. Only 438 hits in google, and nearly
all of them are based on a typo in HTML -- /tile.
--
David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/
RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/
Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/
Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/

"Don" writes:

You must not have looked like a tile head, and clean shaven.

Long hair, *not* clean shaven (some photos in my pages below, but
*better* photos on Oleg's pages at
http://www.olegvolk.net/olegv/newsite/ddb/ddb.html).

Not sure what a "tile head" is. Only 438 hits in google, and nearly
all of them are based on a typo in HTML -- /tile.
--
David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/
RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/
Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/
Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:53:49 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet
wrote:

"Don" writes:

You must not have looked like a tile head, and clean shaven.

Long hair, *not* clean shaven (some photos in my pages below, but
*better* photos on Oleg's pages at
http://www.olegvolk.net/olegv/newsite/ddb/ddb.html).

Not sure what a "tile head" is. Only 438 hits in google, and nearly
all of them are based on a typo in HTML -- /tile.

I'm guessing he meant "towel head". sigh.


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