stylgeo
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I got home yesterday at around 5 in the afternoon. It was a beautiful day, and it rained for about 20 minutes so the air was really clean and clear (in Cyprus). I went upstairs in my study to check out any emails, the forum etc and while watching outside the window I saw a flock of bee-eaters just flying outside my window. Not wanting to lose the opportunity I grab the camera with my Siggy 120-300 2.8, get on the balcony and start shooting away.
Mind you, at a distance of about 200 meters there's a High School, which for obvious reasons was closed at 5 in the afternoon. I then hear, without actually paying any attention, some teenagers shouting "What are you looking at!". I didn't really pay any attention to this, I thought they were messing around with each other. Then I hear "What are you looking at you retard??". I again dismiss this as something that wasn't addressed to me, without even thinking about the possibility that they were talking to me, the conversation was really at the back of my head at the time, I was really consetrading on getting the BIF. When I hear "What are you looking at you pervert??", I jump up and realise they were talking to me. This particular word would wake up any photographer, after everything that happened in the last year, with lone men in the parks etc etc. At first I couldn't find where the voices were coming from and then I see a few teenagers, girls and boys in the school yard, having a smoke on a wall looking my way. At that time I was still having some second thoughts as to whether they were talking to me, as I was obviously aiming towards the sky above. So I just continued shooting the birds, practically forgetting the whole thing. Then I hear some motorbikes driving by and the same teenagers driving in front of my house shouting "Pervert, Pervert". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.:shrug: And they were gone just like that!
It was a bit silly of me taking the camera on the balcony, but it never even crossed my mind that there might be children in the school yard at 5 in the afternoon (school finishes at 1:30). I can't help but feel bad about the whole incident. One thing is that it's bad when someone misunderstands your intentions and what you are doing, and the second thing is that I'm probably labeled now in the neighbourhood. Not to mention my fear of vandalism in my property, you know kids these days.
On a different note, capturing flying bee-eaters is really really difficult. They fly really fast and a bit erratical. These are the results, not really good.
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Mind you, at a distance of about 200 meters there's a High School, which for obvious reasons was closed at 5 in the afternoon. I then hear, without actually paying any attention, some teenagers shouting "What are you looking at!". I didn't really pay any attention to this, I thought they were messing around with each other. Then I hear "What are you looking at you retard??". I again dismiss this as something that wasn't addressed to me, without even thinking about the possibility that they were talking to me, the conversation was really at the back of my head at the time, I was really consetrading on getting the BIF. When I hear "What are you looking at you pervert??", I jump up and realise they were talking to me. This particular word would wake up any photographer, after everything that happened in the last year, with lone men in the parks etc etc. At first I couldn't find where the voices were coming from and then I see a few teenagers, girls and boys in the school yard, having a smoke on a wall looking my way. At that time I was still having some second thoughts as to whether they were talking to me, as I was obviously aiming towards the sky above. So I just continued shooting the birds, practically forgetting the whole thing. Then I hear some motorbikes driving by and the same teenagers driving in front of my house shouting "Pervert, Pervert". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.:shrug: And they were gone just like that!
It was a bit silly of me taking the camera on the balcony, but it never even crossed my mind that there might be children in the school yard at 5 in the afternoon (school finishes at 1:30). I can't help but feel bad about the whole incident. One thing is that it's bad when someone misunderstands your intentions and what you are doing, and the second thing is that I'm probably labeled now in the neighbourhood. Not to mention my fear of vandalism in my property, you know kids these days.
On a different note, capturing flying bee-eaters is really really difficult. They fly really fast and a bit erratical. These are the results, not really good.
1)
2)
3)
, but that's teenagers for you, judge and jury
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