Apparently…

Tonight I went to work out at my apartment complex’s gym.  As I was walking home, I noticed some light fog had rolled in, and the street lights were all haloed and pretty.  I also noticed a tree in front of the office that had a back light that made really cool shadows and light beams. 

So I got home, grabbed my camera and tripod, and back to the office I ran to catch the moment.

I set up my tripod, took a few test shots and began trying to dial in the right exposure to catch the back lit tree.

A guy walking his dogs walked up and here is the conversation that ensued:

guy:  hi

me: Evening!

guy: Taking pictures at midnight?

me: yea (it was 11:30 actually)

guy:  You know we’re supposed to report that?

me: huh?

guy: they consider it terrorist activity

me: huh?

guy: I’m not making this up, we are supposed to report it, you know, you  taking pictures of buildings and stuff late at night.

me:  (thinking:  WTF?)  Terrorist?

guy:  I’m gonna have to report it unless you can explain why you are here taking pictures so late.

me: (Exercise uncommon restraint, as I was stifling ALL kinds of responses)  Uh, because the fog and the light behind the tree makes it look pretty?

guy:  Considers that….ok, that’s good enough for me.  He leaves.

me:  (wtf…)

I took a few more pictures, one of which is below, and then packed up and headed home before I ended up on a terrorist watch list…for taking a picture of a tree at midnight. 

Only here….

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