Recent content by Boredwalk

Yes it does in my view but the label is irrelevant, I wouldn't worry about whether it's a 'street photo' or not; t's all about catching a moment, and conveying what you saw in that instant to others. If they 'get' what you are saying in the photo, you've succeeded. Just photograph things which...

Guessing he found himself in a situation he couldn't get out of so was conserving energy in the event that things improved. Maybe then perceiving being picked out of the water as part of the same threat so it stayed motionless until the danger had gone. Those pincers can nip hard enough to make...

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Ah, the good 'ole DM. They, the Express & the red-top tabloids are or have been responsible for so much irresponsible, sensationalist journalism & persecution - people and wildlife. Wish THEY and the people who believe their half-truths, if not direct lies, were extinct. I fail to understand...

Copied some documents.

Just stating my impression of the town. Well I enjoyed my stay there. I did say. 'if you're into adventure pursuits', which I am. Someone who isn't, then, yes, maybe they would be better off somewhere else. wish I'd had time to do the kayaking though - sounds great. I took a trip along Milford...

I was there in May 2007; loved it. I did a circuit of the island; similar to your planned route but including Dunedin My three weeks there was nowhere near long enough (and that was just the South Island) - need to go back. There are guided cave tours and various other activities operating from...

Yes, I was thinking of that, and it's not the only instance. I'm sure the emergency services, or public, would be perfectly willing to go in to help (they definitely did in the past) if allowed to. It's clueless, unimaginative idiots further up, who may well have not come up through the ranks...

I loved it: jet-black comedy. We watched the whole run over 3 weeks in 2014. There were so many wonderful scenes and lines; a top-notch series.

Was watching one of the later episodes of Time Team recently. They're in an open field, with no trenches at that point - and wearing hard hats. People have even been allowed to die* who could have been rescued due to 'H&S' considerations! * Not on Time Team, I hasten to add. **To my knowledge.

I was once asked to desist from taking photos outside a building in Los Angeles. Fair cop - I hadn't realised was actually on their property as there was no barrier. I could see the security guy looking at me, but he allowed me to stop taking photos anyway before approaching & asking me to...

Thanks for the interesting and enlightening replies, guys. I'm a LITTLE ;) less paranoid now. The matter seemed to me to be confusing and fraught with pitfalls so it's good to hear from those who have experience of the realities involved.

I've got loads of photos that are 20 or more years old that I have posted on various websites, with individuals in them who have - in most cases - agreed to be featured but I have no written permission; or photos where the people are part of the scene but I feel blurring their faces would spoil...

I try to be discreet when I photograph strangers. Sometimes I ask but mostly not; and nowadays with small camera with a variable-angle screen on the back, being discreet is even easier. I've been confronted a few times, mostly by security, & usually when I've not even been pointing the camera...

I tend to anti-establishment views myself but the explanations as to why the soldier behaved as he did, their training, the way the march operates, and all the other details, all sounded perfectly reasonable. Then someone chimes back in with the anti-military cobblers and off it goes again...