I can perhaps understand the rationale for film crews, but the still photography requirement is SILLY, IMHO: http://petapixel.com/2014/09/24/us-forest-service-proposes-controversial-expensive-photo-permit-rules/#more-146255
The article above links to the Federal Parks Service comment page, if anyone is interested in having their voice heard. It strikes me as very odd that an environmentalist like Ansel Adams might be precluded from photographing in Yosemite (if he were alive today) when it was his photographs that helped spur the care and conservation of our National Parks (and in some cases, the creation of NEW parks) by bringing their stunning beauty to the public's consciousness. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
