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Have other people experienced public telling off by residents or passers by when shooting or just flying? I've learnt not to tell people I'm shooting photos or videos if they ask, until I find out their attitude or reasons for asking. Too many people seem to have a bad attitude to our hobby. Last week, I was flying outside my apartment which is part of the local cruise ship terminal. I was observing the required 30m from buildings. A guy approached me and asked if I was taking pics. I said I was shooting the sunset on the river (which I was). Then he gave me a public telling off! I told him I was sensitive to privacy issues and observed the regulations. What I didn't think to say to him was, "You live in a cruise terminal. There are 75 ships a year that berth right outside your apartment. Each ship has around 3,000 people on board. All of them have cameras. Do you give all of them a public telling off?" He's an idiot, but it's still annoying and disappointing!
Also, I was on a cruise earlier this year (Antarctica etc) but didn't fly for various regulatory and weather reasons but one fellow traveler threatened to "shoot the bloody thing down if I see it". You would think that the people on expedition cruises to that part of the world would be a bit more understanding of and sympathetic to innovative means of capturing the magnificence of the place, but no, he was a total jerk! :-(
Also, I was on a cruise earlier this year (Antarctica etc) but didn't fly for various regulatory and weather reasons but one fellow traveler threatened to "shoot the bloody thing down if I see it". You would think that the people on expedition cruises to that part of the world would be a bit more understanding of and sympathetic to innovative means of capturing the magnificence of the place, but no, he was a total jerk! :-(