For the benefit of Mr. Chuff

Whenever I’m in a thinking mood, which really isn’t very often after all, I try to “see” things that I think my fellow Flickrites might enjoy seeing. I concede that this paying attention thing hasn’t exactly paid off in spades for anyone other than trainmanchuff. And so it was a few weeks back when I was down in Dayton for a photography convention. After leaving the convention I grabbed my car-camera (the Canon Rebel XTi or 400D for you Euro-trash types) and did a walkabout of the city and snapped no small handful of pics, which I have yet to look through or process. Until today.

Chuff has made noise in the past about Dayton’s electric trolley bus system, so I thought I’d grab a few pics of them in action to help satisfy his pagan lust for all things bus and train related. But speaking of pagan lusts…

Apparently Chuff has this ‘thing’ for hi-viz wear. You know…the sort you find rail workers wearing. Or construction workers. Constables. I’m seeing a pattern here, but I shall not elaborate.

Hope you enjoy the pics Chuff!

(p.s. these pics were processed using a trial download of the software I typically use on my desktop PC, but done instead on my iMac. very exciting stuff you know)

Soviet bloc takes over small Bedfordshire village…..

This isn’t exactly a posting about photography in the same sense as my other offerings, but something I just read left me with a distinct feeling of sadness and unease.

If you are reading this post I would assume you found it because you utilized the tag surfing feature in WordPress.com and had at least selected “photography” as a tag.  And if that is true then it’s very possible you have an active interest in photography.  And if this is true then it’s very likely you participate in the process/art of photography.  And if this is true then it’s quite likely you too have found yourself out and about, snapping pictures of local landscapes without a care in the world.  And if you have done such then it’s very likely you have never encountered a situation similar to the one described here.

Deranged, isn’t it?

How does society appropriately weigh security against paranoia?  Where is the dividing line between genuine and reasonable concern for the health and well-being of my fellow man and being stupid?  Since when was it a crime to photograph the countryside?  Since when was taking pictures of the countryside raised to a level such as to necessitate a call to the police?

All I know is that I’m very happy to be able to head up to my local park so that I can take some pictures and not become a party of interest to the police.

Well…..not yet at least.