In NYC, my dad and I discovered another made-up edge: "no tripods". A security guard informed us we could take pictures (from a state park, of the river) but couldn't use a tripod. No good explanation given; she specifically said it wasn't because they might impede progress.
I started to ask her about bipods, monopods, etc. but just then some other guy walked by with a tripod and she ignored him, reinforcing the arbitrariness of 'the rools'.
Boston's transit system has the same rule, as part of distinguishing "professionals," who need permits, from amateur photographers, who don't. It may make sense on a crowded subway platform, but in a state park it sounds more as if they just heard of the rule being used somewhere else and adopted it so they could have rules.
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I started to ask her about bipods, monopods, etc. but just then some other guy walked by with a tripod and she ignored him, reinforcing the arbitrariness of 'the rools'.
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