Queen St

4pm on Queen St in Brisbane City.

I set up my tripod for this, as it's an HDR shot. A guy walked over to me and started asking if I could guarantee that there's no indigenous people in the photo, as it was highly offensive to them to have their photograph taken. Honestly, a fair enough concern, but realistically in a public place not something anyone would have a hope to control with the amount of camera phones out there. When I pointed out that I had no intention of directly photographing anyone but I couldn't guarantee that someone of that descent may appear in a photo I was taking, he then mentioned that I was likely to get my camera smashed by the people in the square as I was being offensive to them. He calmed down after I pointed out that I was picking the square with the intention of long exposure (which I then realised I couldn't do as I was using my 14mm anyway which wouldn't fit a filter) and either way, as it was ultra wide angle, there was no focus on any one particular person in the shot. He became very friendly and explained that there was a lot of homeless people in the square and they get defensive because people come and take photos of them, without their consent. Overall, a rather surreal experience which I've never really had to deal with before - has anyone else been accosted by random people before?

In the end, this was me turning around 180 degrees and looking at the street itself, rather than the square.