Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Too bad the black bear did not turn his attention to the machine- gunning guy! Doug would have gotten some additional interesting photos, and the fish would have been left alone ;-) Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Oct 14, 2008, at 9:44 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Doug Herr offered: > >>> Another hazard was the machine-gunning gear-talking Canonographer >>> who > boasted of wading into the stream on the previous day (disrupting & > trampling redds, and filling the water with silt) in order to get > photos of > the Black Bear eating salmon.<<<<<<<< > > > > Hi Doug, > > If this person were to even put his toe in the water here, a Park > Warden > would have him under arrest for disturbing the fish. And he'd have a > large > fine and probably loss of gear for doing so. > > When school classes are brought for an outing to see Mother Nature > and her > fish doing their thing, the kids must be quiet, no stone throwing and > certainly no splashing of the water. They are always escorted by a > Park > Naturalist who's explaining what is going on as the kids with their > art > paper books are making sketches and listening intently. > > But this "so called photographer" stomping in the water moron should > have > his gear confiscated, heavily fined and if he's working for a news > outlet > they should be fined as well. > > Given the federal government National Fish reports in your country > USA and > Canada on returning salmon to spawn along the west coast of North > America > the numbers are dwindling at an alarming rate. And if it keeps up, > it's > possible the west coast fishing industry will go like the east coast > and > disappear due to no fish. > > So when this fool goes stomping through the water he is without > question > destroying the eggs, but helping to destroy the numbers of fish to > return in > 4 years to spawn. And putting commercial fishermen out of work. In > some > cases taking food off the table of indigenous people who rely on the > fish > for their yearly food. > > I expect he was damn lucky someone of the fishing authority department > didn't just smack him down with a fine and loss of gear! > > Just another example of a moron with a camera who knows nothing > about Mother > Nature and wild life. > > Be great to grab him, remove his gear, throw it in the creek while he > watches! Then hold his head under water while the fish are banging > against > his face until he nearly stops kicking. Then bring him up for air > and a > stern lecture about disturbing wild life! > > Now that would be a great series of pictures with the fish as > background! > :-) I know I'm a mean assed SOB ! :-) :-) > > But it's photographers, well "camera manipulators" of this sort who > give all > of us a bad name, so giving one a good thrashing does no harm! > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information