Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]mxsmanic@hotmail.com (Mxsmanic)6/21/0110:21 PM > I guess they could argue that a tripod might damage something. Still, how much > damage can you do to dirt? Do they explain the rationale behind the requirement > for a permit? Certainly to generate revenue. And also to control who generates revenue from the site images. As far as doing damage apparently a recent event involving a professional photographer, who lit fires in buckets, to do night photography in a national park did not help our cause. He not only left smoke marks on rock formations but didn't bother to pickup the debris from the set up (not to mention the potential fire hazzard). George