John West Wrote:
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> I think Matthew is painting with too broad a
> brush. As JoeK points out, the Friends who work
> to preserve the freight cars that make charters
> possible fall into a special category...they
> certainly are not freeloaders. And public property
> is public property where folks are free to take
> pics.
>
> The problem with Roger's drone reminds me of the
> early conflicts between still and video
> photographers, the drone has introduced just
> another dimension. A lot of the conflict can be
> resolved by being polite and aware, and I think
> the drone folks are on a learning curve. And as
> Roger points out, he is a local and makes all his
> stuff available to the railroad.
>
> Overall I was pleasantly surprised by the relative
> lack of real freeloaders, or at least intrusive
> freeloaders. I saw one picture posted on
> trainorders.com that was clearly taken from our
> photo line at Chama by a freeloader. There were
> the expected picture takers along highway 17,
> including one fellow at Lobato who refused to
> cooperate. And a couple of cars kicking up dust
> on the road to Big Horn. But overall I don't
> think freeloaders were a big problem.
>
> But of course I didn't loose a shot to Roger's
> drone!
>
> JBWX
Hi John, I make a big effort into not interfering with other folks. I in fact was at numerous locations first and then moved cuz other folks showed up. I agree using drones is new and they will have to try their best not to interfere but IMHO like still and video folks they will be accepted and work there way into the process.
IMHO Mathew did not loose a shot to the drone cuz it was to far away. Look at the video and it IMHO could not of looked any larger than a crow. When a crow shows up all I do is delete it and go on with my life.