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Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« on: April 08, 2013, 11:01:54 PM »
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2013, 12:00:16 AM »
amazing... :P
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2013, 01:01:45 AM »
"thinking about pressing charges" yikes. A little over the top, no?
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Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2013, 01:37:15 AM »
I'd like to think they would not.  But, at the same time, it did create a mess and cost money to deal with. 

We can thank all the nut jobs in this world for the hassles over something that would not have drawn a second glance back when.


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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2013, 03:16:04 AM »
Seriously, if i saw a box taped to a bridge and didn't know what it was, i would probably just open it and see.
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2013, 04:05:56 AM »
I guess the gaffer tape gives a "scary dangerous device" look... no one would probably bother if was wrapped up with some sort of flower decorated wrapping paper!
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2013, 07:46:30 AM »
Yep, as it suggests in the final para - another marketing failure by the photographer !!
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2013, 08:50:24 AM »
With a bit of thought before the event, it's predictable that this might happen. However, prosecuting under what law?
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2013, 04:08:22 PM »
Yikes! I hope someone doesn't have the same reaction to the cameras I have positioned around..Maybe they should have put up a note saying "pinhole camera in use" but then someone would have questioned what a pinhole camera is or something equally frustrating!
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2013, 04:58:07 PM »
Quote from: Diane Peterson on April 09, 2013, 04:08:22 PM
Yikes! I hope someone doesn't have the same reaction to the cameras I have positioned around..Maybe they should have put up a note saying "pinhole camera in use" but then someone would have questioned what a pinhole camera is or something equally frustrating!
Or ran off with it. It they think it´s a bomb it will be left alone  :o
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2013, 01:33:00 AM »
Is this the start of a "Make Pinhole Cameras not Bombs" campaign?
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2013, 01:50:58 AM »
And here I am standing in front of my kitchen window carefully pouring a strange brown liquid into a measuring graduate....
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2013, 02:48:05 AM »
that's nuts!

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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2013, 08:34:28 AM »
I think they were just looking for an excuse to get dressed up and play with their fancy bomb robot!
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2013, 07:50:38 PM »
What a sad reflection of the times we live in. Folks here are now supposed to let the local airports/airbases know if they're letting off more than 10 chinese lanterns, so as to ensure they're interpreted correctly on radar. I hope we don't get to the stage where we have to let the local police/bomb-squad know when/where we're leaving pinhole cameras or solargraphy cans...
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2013, 09:29:42 PM »
Quote from: LEAFotography on April 10, 2013, 07:50:38 PM
I hope we don't get to the stage where we have to let the local police/bomb-squad know when/where we're leaving pinhole cameras or solargraphy cans...
Though that's definitely the safest way to avoid trouble... that is if you can get an actual permit for that.
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Re: Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2013, 09:45:23 PM »
And yet again...

http://metronews.ca/news/london/636228/suspicious-package-sparks-concern-in-downtown-park/#

Maybe labeling them would help? "Solargraphy Project in Progress"
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Bomb Squad Called to Bridge to Deal with a Solargraphy Pinhole Camera
« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2013, 11:07:40 PM »
If we make them obvious, then people want to take or mess with them.  If we make them blend in, then they are afraid it is a bomb.

Seems like it gets harder and harder to just take a picture.  :sad:
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