Yes they are very close to the sea but on the plus side extremely low rain fall and very high temperatures without too high humidity.
Moving on to 747. Unfortunately, I only had my No.2 kit with me so max lens was only 300mm.
Sadly, the ground drops away outside the fence as you traverse across the front of the planes.
And that was as far as I could easily get so no images of the port side either from the front or back.
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.
On a recent visit to Cyprus I went along to Paphos Airport to take a look at the two Shackletons and the Flamant.
Boredom alert.
If you are not interested in my brush with the law when photographing the Shacks then please just jump to “ENDS”
I was busy taking pictures through the fence when a vehicle went past inside the fence. When I heard it stop I saw it was a police jeep which backed up until it was opposite me. The vehicle contained a female police officer and a male soldier. From the jeep the police officer asked me what I was doing, as the 300mm lens and the camera was a bit of a give-away I said I was taking pictures of the planes. She got out and said that was not allowed and I responded by saying I only took pictures of the Shackletons and what appeared to be an air raid shelter and that they were of historic interest. In the meantime, the soldier had got out with a gun at the ready. After replying to the following questions, how did I get there, what was the purpose of my visit to Cyprus and who was with me, with, a hire car, holiday/wedding, son and wife the two guards got into conversation then the police officer started making phone calls. There was more quizzing as they could not see the car or my wife and kept asking me where they were. Anyway, after both of them consulting further up the chain I was told that I would have to delete all the pictures. I like to obey the laws in other countries so I showed her the screen as I deleted all of the pictures on my camera, which she was happy with so I didn’t mention my phone in my pocket. She then said that they had seen my son taking pictures with his phone and that they must be deleted as well. He was about 200 yards away across a field and as they had obviously seen him I did wonder why they had not stopped for him. Anyway, the officer watched as my son deleted the photographs and then told us to go back to the car and drive right away from the area. They then watched as we all went back to the car which they could now see. We went to drive away but the track was blocked by a farmer’s pickup and while we waited for the farmer to come back the same police vehicle turned up at the track so they were serious about us leaving the area.
Well my conclusions from all this is that, although there are no warning signs about taking pictures, it is best to obey the laws of the country and not argue with any officers. If they had been really serious they could have confiscated the equipment or at least the memory cards or at worst detained us. I would think it unlikely that, at least back in the office, they do not understand modern technology. My son was even quick thinking enough to put his phone into airplane mode!
ENDS
Please do not post on this thread any technical advice about deleted images.
I think Murphy’s Law was formulated for me personally as it seems to apply a lot.
As it happens another guest at the wedding had already been to take pictures the day before so I am pleased to be able to share those here:D
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