Jailbait

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Friends:

A few days ago I posted my sad story of getting caught for trespassing while trying to get a shot for Challenge 17.

Here's the best of the two images I was able to shoot before I got nabbed. The picture has no redeeming qualities: uninteresting subject, tilted horizon, no scenery, etc. Just posting it here for grins. Note where the road is: about 20 feet from where I was standing.

Florindo

 

[Kimberly85208]

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that? Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
--Kimberly--
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs...
F707
Gum: two sticks/ flavor: 128MB
Accessories: B+W UV, B+W ND, HVL-F1000
Shaytech Flash Enhancer, Photoshop 7,
Muck boots, Tamrac adventure 8

 

[Philly Wood]

Ditto? I was thinking you were in some area with a load of tracks that you had to go thru a fence to reach. From the image you display and the proximity to the road, that ticket seems extremely unfair.

Was someone recently killed by a train in the area. Thus they are patrolling or enforcing it more to 'get the word out' ?

Anyway bring the picture. Hmmm. To our legal readers, would that be evidence to support the defendent or convict him?

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been
standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that?
Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
-photoave

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Photoave/Kimberly:

That's exactly where I was "busted." No one was recently killed there, as far as I know. The cop was there (across the street, just to the right of the frame) waiting for the scheduled crossing of the train. A minute or so after the cop wrote the ticket, the gates came down, the alarms went off, and the train came through. I guess the cop was there to protect people from the train.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the cop was doing his job, so I hold nothing against him. I also have some help from friends who are getting me through this from a legal perspective, and since I've never been in trouble before, I'll be fine.

Thanks for your concern!!

Florindo

Was someone recently killed by a train in the area. Thus they are
patrolling or enforcing it more to 'get the word out' ?

Anyway bring the picture. Hmmm. To our legal readers, would that
be evidence to support the defendent or convict him?

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been
standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that?
Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
-photoave

 

[Stever46789]

...and I get away with this??



Notice it's light is still on. It was still moving (albeit backwards)!! I could see getting a ticket for going into the trainyards though. 9-11 has made folks more paranoid.

I would take it to court - any judge in his right mind will dismiss that.

Good luck... Stever

That's exactly where I was "busted." No one was recently killed
there, as far as I know. The cop was there (across the street,
just to the right of the frame) waiting for the scheduled crossing
of the train. A minute or so after the cop wrote the ticket, the
gates came down, the alarms went off, and the train came through.
I guess the cop was there to protect people from the train.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the cop was doing his job, so I
hold nothing against him. I also have some help from friends who
are getting me through this from a legal perspective, and since
I've never been in trouble before, I'll be fine.

Thanks for your concern!!

Florindo

Was someone recently killed by a train in the area. Thus they are
patrolling or enforcing it more to 'get the word out' ?

Anyway bring the picture. Hmmm. To our legal readers, would that
be evidence to support the defendent or convict him?

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been
standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that?
Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
-photoave

--
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Stever:

Yep, a ticket for that. I noticed your image in the Challenge gallery and I said to myself basically the same thing you just did. I also asked myself: How the heck did he get away with that?!

You gave away some of the mystery of the shot! Now I know the train was moving AWAY from you instead of coming toward you! Nonetheless, it's a great shot.

Florindo

Notice it's light is still on. It was still moving (albeit
backwards)!! I could see getting a ticket for going into the
trainyards though. 9-11 has made folks more paranoid.

I would take it to court - any judge in his right mind will dismiss
that.

Good luck... Stever

That's exactly where I was "busted." No one was recently killed
there, as far as I know. The cop was there (across the street,
just to the right of the frame) waiting for the scheduled crossing
of the train. A minute or so after the cop wrote the ticket, the
gates came down, the alarms went off, and the train came through.
I guess the cop was there to protect people from the train.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the cop was doing his job, so I
hold nothing against him. I also have some help from friends who
are getting me through this from a legal perspective, and since
I've never been in trouble before, I'll be fine.

Thanks for your concern!!

Florindo

Was someone recently killed by a train in the area. Thus they are
patrolling or enforcing it more to 'get the word out' ?

Anyway bring the picture. Hmmm. To our legal readers, would that
be evidence to support the defendent or convict him?

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been
standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that?
Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
-photoave

--
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat

 

[1ofUs!]

So your train was still moving. I doubt that anyone got quite as close as I did (and got away with it!)



Sarah
--
CindyD or SarahD
If one of us is laughing, and the other one isn't, one of us must be wrong...

 

[GeoffB]

related?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020524/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rail_system_warning_2

May explain why police were checking out people playing near railroad just before a train arrives ... expecially with something cool looking like a DA.

If you were a REAL photographer you'd go back and get the shot right

Actually I don't find it that bad for 1/2 tries.

Geoff

Yep, a ticket for that. I noticed your image in the Challenge
gallery and I said to myself basically the same thing you just did.
I also asked myself: How the heck did he get away with that?!

You gave away some of the mystery of the shot! Now I know the
train was moving AWAY from you instead of coming toward you!
Nonetheless, it's a great shot.

Florindo

Notice it's light is still on. It was still moving (albeit
backwards)!! I could see getting a ticket for going into the
trainyards though. 9-11 has made folks more paranoid.

I would take it to court - any judge in his right mind will dismiss
that.

Good luck... Stever

That's exactly where I was "busted." No one was recently killed
there, as far as I know. The cop was there (across the street,
just to the right of the frame) waiting for the scheduled crossing
of the train. A minute or so after the cop wrote the ticket, the
gates came down, the alarms went off, and the train came through.
I guess the cop was there to protect people from the train.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the cop was doing his job, so I
hold nothing against him. I also have some help from friends who
are getting me through this from a legal perspective, and since
I've never been in trouble before, I'll be fine.

Thanks for your concern!!

Florindo

Was someone recently killed by a train in the area. Thus they are
patrolling or enforcing it more to 'get the word out' ?

Anyway bring the picture. Hmmm. To our legal readers, would that
be evidence to support the defendent or convict him?

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been
standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that?
Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
-photoave

--
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Geoff:

I doubt the terror alert had anything to do with it. I was in a small town in upstate New York, where the nearest thing to terrorism is the over-development of land with McMansions.

Thanks for the comment on the picture. Normally I shoot a whole bunch of a particular scene from different angles and camera settings. Unfortunately I only got two shots!

Florindo

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020524/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rail_system_warning_2

May explain why police were checking out people playing near
railroad just before a train arrives ... expecially with something
cool looking like a DA.

If you were a REAL photographer you'd go back and get the shot
right

Actually I don't find it that bad for 1/2 tries.

Geoff

Yep, a ticket for that. I noticed your image in the Challenge
gallery and I said to myself basically the same thing you just did.
I also asked myself: How the heck did he get away with that?!

You gave away some of the mystery of the shot! Now I know the
train was moving AWAY from you instead of coming toward you!
Nonetheless, it's a great shot.

Florindo

Notice it's light is still on. It was still moving (albeit
backwards)!! I could see getting a ticket for going into the
trainyards though. 9-11 has made folks more paranoid.

I would take it to court - any judge in his right mind will dismiss
that.

Good luck... Stever

That's exactly where I was "busted." No one was recently killed
there, as far as I know. The cop was there (across the street,
just to the right of the frame) waiting for the scheduled crossing
of the train. A minute or so after the cop wrote the ticket, the
gates came down, the alarms went off, and the train came through.
I guess the cop was there to protect people from the train.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the cop was doing his job, so I
hold nothing against him. I also have some help from friends who
are getting me through this from a legal perspective, and since
I've never been in trouble before, I'll be fine.

Thanks for your concern!!

Florindo

Was someone recently killed by a train in the area. Thus they are
patrolling or enforcing it more to 'get the word out' ?

Anyway bring the picture. Hmmm. To our legal readers, would that
be evidence to support the defendent or convict him?

I can't believe you got a ticket for that!! What if you had been
standing on the road, would you have gotten a ticket for that?
Cars cross there, bikes, pedestrians...

--
-photoave

--
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat

 

[Florindo Gallicchio]

Crazy Sarah (and I do mean that with affection):

No, I didn't get as close as you got, thank God, 'cause the train that came through was going really fast. Your train seems to have been sitting still for quite a while....

Florindo

So your train was still moving. I doubt that anyone got quite as
close as I did (and got away with it!)



Sarah
--
CindyD or SarahD
If one of us is laughing, and the other one isn't, one of us must
be wrong...

 

[Stever46789]

...you just had a really good zoom lens is all. Admit it - you took a picture of a train in Kentucky and was standing in Missouri!!

Stever

So your train was still moving. I doubt that anyone got quite as
close as I did (and got away with it!)



Sarah
--
CindyD or SarahD
If one of us is laughing, and the other one isn't, one of us must
be wrong...

--
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat