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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

05/11/2006 10:41:17 AM · #1

This could include (but not limited to) law enforcement, fire, EMS, park rangers, military, and health workers. The services they provide and the things thay are needed for.

ericwoo

Nikon D800

05/11/2006 10:49:51 AM · #2

What?

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/12/2006 05:49:21 PM · #3

A challenge based on public safety. How ever one views it. It could be crime related. It could be helping people. It could be a still life. Public safety may not be the best title for it, but did not come up with a better title. Maybe Public Service.

rennie

Nikon D40X

05/12/2006 05:52:42 PM · #4

Maybe to call the Challenge "On Duty"?

Than, we have a lot of choices.

thegrandwazoo

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/12/2006 06:15:33 PM · #5

"On Duty"

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/12/2006 06:18:58 PM · #6

On Duty, I like that. That is closer to what I was thinking of. I wanted to try to keep it broad enough to leve room for interpitation of it.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

05/12/2006 06:21:39 PM · #7

I worry about the permissions that might be needed for a challenge like this. Homeland Security can be touchy, a lot of photos would require the photogs to take advantage of an emergency situation essentially for personal gain (even if it is just virtual), and then the photog is going to be a distraction and possibly even a hinderance to the operation. There's a thread somewhere else on the boards today where the cops were less than pleased to be photographed but only allowed it because the guy had press credentials. If you do find someone willing to pose, then it's a bit too close to the current Environmental Portrait challenge, IMHO.

thegrandwazoo

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/12/2006 06:23:08 PM · #8

Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

"On Duty"

I had no prob taking this pic of a Scottsdale Police Officer. As well I have filmed cops and I have a very good friend who is a cop and it is no big deal.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/12/2006 06:29:32 PM · #9

I was raised by and around cops. I've gone on ride-alongs with the Denver Fire Department and I'm actually trying to get hired on to the DFD myself (I'll hear about my test scores any day now). Perhaps the intention of the suggestion is to show these sorts of professions some respect, but I would just hate to see people getting into trouble with the authorities or unintentionally interfering for the sake of a personal use photo - not to mention that these professions take victim/patient confidentiality very very seriously, so taking a photo that includes a victim is not going to sit well at all. It just seems too easy to encourage people to take it a little too far, or to not consider other possible consequences. Your shot, thegrandwazoo, is not the sort I'm worried about.

thegrandwazoo

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/12/2006 06:30:16 PM · #10

Hey be worried. I'm not!

thomaspeople

Pentax K50

Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL

05/12/2006 06:40:09 PM · #11

Perhaps the trick would be to define the challenge in such a way that the photog always has permission for the shot.
I spent a week with Border Patrol agents in south Texas (job related) and they were very pleased to be photographed. But I only took shots with permission and did not even attempt to get a "take-down" shot - although given their job I think they would have been OK with it. I took pictures of a drug dog with his handler, but kept the camera away while visiting the check-point as the dog sniffed cars.