Had one of those Drones check out my whirlybird

[werner.reiche]

Unless you live in a very small town or rural area, you'd be surprised how often your picture is taken. And unless you are on your own property or somewhere where you would expect privacy (restrooms, gym, etc), you don't have much.

Fishing out on a lake is pretty public - really puzzled by the mindset of someone who feels entitled to privacy there.

[mosquito]

Unless you live in a very small town or rural area, you'd be surprised how often your picture is taken. And unless you are on your own property or somewhere where you would expect privacy (restrooms, gym, etc), you don't have much.

Fishing out on a lake is pretty public - really puzzled by the mindset of someone who feels entitled to privacy there.

Me to, I always figured they had psychological issues (and seeing how often violence or vandalism is advocated and their confusion with peeping into someones house) or had criminal intent (in this case fishing out of season, over limit, no license....). I spent a couple hours being someones target when I was fly fishing just before sunrise down in the Caribbean one time, his lens was probably as much as our vacation. Another time someone was taping me trying to catch a huge Jack.... line touched dock... good bye Jack. :-( I am not so self conscious as to really care, I am doing nothing illegal (or indecent like others) and if it is a public place... so what. After all every commercial and public building anymore has one or more camera's watching the cash etc. I think it is standard for Tim Horton's to have one for the door and each cash alone.

I wonder if he stands in his window at home waiting for someone to notice him so he can show of his "whirlybird"? .... or if the girls kept laughing and it was his way of trying to get a laugh?

In reality it is not really any different than waving at the boat going by with someone taking pictures.

[JoePa]

I think it depends where you are - if your out in the middle of a lake and a drone hovers over you I don't think you can do anything but if your in your back yard sitting around a swimming pool and a drone comes over and hovers over you I think you can take it down - I know I would - it called - stand your air - like stand your ground -

Man things are getting terrible - you can't find a place to hide be alone anymore =

[yellow dog]

Unless you live in a very small town or rural area, you'd be surprised how often your picture is taken. And unless you are on your own property or somewhere where you would expect privacy (restrooms, gym, etc), you don't have much.

Fishing out on a lake is pretty public - really puzzled by the mindset of someone who feels entitled to privacy there.

I have fished many small lakes throughout Ontario over the years and no one was around to spy. I would find it very interesting if one of these flying contraptions showed up . But if it did and started to harass me the whole time I was fishing in peace and no one around to claim ownership of it onshore I would think most people would take a shot at it. If it were a one time occurrence and it only watched me for a few minutes and then flew off I wouldn't take any action. I like to fish in peace and enjoy the time away from my office at one of these small quiet lakes to enjoy the great outdoors. I would hope that the operator of the drone would also respect my space or privacy while I was fishing.

[seabast]

Me to, I always figured they had psychological issues (and seeing how often violence or vandalism is advocated and their confusion with peeping into someones house) or had criminal intent (in this case fishing out of season, over limit, no license....). I spent a couple hours being someones target when I was fly fishing just before sunrise down in the Caribbean one time, his lens was probably as much as our vacation. Another time someone was taping me trying to catch a huge Jack.... line touched dock... good bye Jack. :-( I am not so self conscious as to really care, I am doing nothing illegal (or indecent like others) and if it is a public place... so what. After all every commercial and public building anymore has one or more camera's watching the cash etc. I think it is standard for Tim Horton's to have one for the door and each cash alone.

I wonder if he stands in his window at home waiting for someone to notice him so he can show of his "whirlybird"? .... or if the girls kept laughing and it was his way of trying to get a laugh?

In reality it is not really any different than waving at the boat going by with someone taking pictures.

i guess you have no kids, do you? If you do, what would you think if someone fly his drone over your kids at beach?
While in Versaille a Chinese man start taking picture of my step daughter, my dad saw him doing it, we both were about to drop him but my better half told us not to so he had to explain himself the security.
if you fly your drone over peoples you got issues, get a life and let people be.

[seabast]

I have fished many small lakes throughout Ontario over the years and no one was around to spy. I would find it very interesting if one of these flying contraptions showed up . But if it did and started to harass me the whole time I was fishing in peace and no one around to claim ownership of it onshore I would think most people would take a shot at it. If it were a one time occurrence and it only watched me for a few minutes and then flew off I wouldn't take any action. I like to fish in peace and enjoy the time away from my office at one of these small quiet lakes to enjoy the great outdoors. I would hope that the operator of the drone would also respect my space or privacy while I was fishing.

Best post right here!

[mosquito]

I have fished many small lakes throughout Ontario over the years and no one was around to spy. I would find it very interesting if one of these flying contraptions showed up . But if it did and started to harass me the whole time I was fishing in peace and no one around to claim ownership of it onshore I would think most people would take a shot at it. If it were a one time occurrence and it only watched me for a few minutes and then flew off I wouldn't take any action. I like to fish in peace and enjoy the time away from my office at one of these small quiet lakes to enjoy the great outdoors. I would hope that the operator of the drone would also respect my space or privacy while I was fishing.

Agreed, but most drones have less than 10 minutes battery and a very limited range ( I just checked, the one I bought has less than 100m),and even the professional model the DJI Phantom II is only 25 minutes and only 20 minutes for the Lily Camera.
http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision/feature

I have had guys in Jet skis or boats be much more annoying and almost tip my canoe and a boat went by my father in law so close it actually dumped him (in the kayak) in the lake... and just kept going, someone else came along and helped him right the kayak and gave him a tow and ride back ( I had taken the kids fishing and was in another area).

Sad so many people have little respect for others anymore, look at those willing to destroy others property worth hundreds or thousands, people will pull up 10 feet off the end of docks and fish with music cranked, wake boats with huge speakers etc. etc. but in reality for a drone to be a bother it would have to be a very expensive model and multiple batteries. They are probably are just trying it out, want to know who is out there, if you had any luck, the usual curiosity, just wave and they will probably go somewhere else in a minute to two, no reason to act like an idiot... and if you do they will have the picture or video proof. If someone wants to take a picture of me fishing (or with luck catching a fish), why not it didn't hurt me and if they are a pro they might talk to me after and give me a contact to have them send me the pics, if not it is no different than the thousands of pics taken in a year... yawn.

i guess you have no kids, do you? If you do, what would you think if someone fly his drone over your kids at beach?
While in Versaille a Chinese man start taking picture of my step daughter, my dad saw him doing it, we both were about to drop him but my better half told us not to so he had to explain himself the security.
if you fly your drone over peoples you got issues, get a life and let people be.

I do and on a trip to China in the one area of the country where there are few tourists we had teen age girls, business men (from an even more remote area) and couples wanting pictures taken with our kids. They thought the kids were cute and somewhere in China there are pictures of our kids with complete strangers, SO WHAT! We got lots of bows and thank you and thought it was fun, odd but fun and I have a life and I guess but I just don't have the insecurities and paranoia some seem to have.

[Fishy Wishy]

I remember when the term "pervert" referred to people taking unwelcomed photos and video...not the people being photographed/videoed.

[mosquito]

I remember when the term "pervert" referred to people taking unwelcomed photos and video...not the people being photographed/videoed.

Your grasp of English seems questionable, here some help, let's try using a dictionary.

pervert noun [C]
› a person whose sexual behaviour is considered strange and unpleasant by most people


I would say a person exposing themselves to a drone would qualify or a person taking pictures of a sexual nature, but the owner of the drone had no intention like that and left when he encountered such a person so it obviously isn't the person taking the picture or video. He could be considered a pest maybe if he had hung around and buzzed him but that's obviously not the case so there seems to only be one person that fits in that regard so far.

[seabast]

Agreed, but most drones have less than 10 minutes battery and a very limited range ( I just checked, the one I bought has less than 100m),and even the professional model the DJI Phantom II is only 25 minutes and only 20 minutes for the Lily Camera.
http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision/feature

I have had guys in Jet skis or boats be much more annoying and almost tip my canoe and a boat went by my father in law so close it actually dumped him (in the kayak) in the lake... and just kept going, someone else came along and helped him right the kayak and gave him a tow and ride back ( I had taken the kids fishing and was in another area).

Sad so many people have little respect for others anymore, look at those willing to destroy others property worth hundreds or thousands, people will pull up 10 feet off the end of docks and fish with music cranked, wake boats with huge speakers etc. etc. but in reality for a drone to be a bother it would have to be a very expensive model and multiple batteries. They are probably are just trying it out, want to know who is out there, if you had any luck, the usual curiosity, just wave and they will probably go somewhere else in a minute to two, no reason to act like an idiot... and if you do they will have the picture or video proof. If someone wants to take a picture of me fishing (or with luck catching a fish), why not it didn't hurt me and if they are a pro they might talk to me after and give me a contact to have them send me the pics, if not it is no different than the thousands of pics taken in a year... yawn.




I do and on a trip to China in the one area of the country where there are few tourists we had teen age girls, business men (from an even more remote area) and couples wanting pictures taken with our kids. They thought the kids were cute and somewhere in China there are pictures of our kids with complete strangers, SO WHAT! We got lots of bows and thank you and thought it was fun, odd but fun and I have a life and I guess but I just don't have the insecurities and paranoia some seem to have.

And that's your choose, it seems like you like the spot light and that's great. I don't so as many, people should respect that and shouldn't use their drone to bother us. Rules are going to change, it's just a matter of time, until then it's going to be interesting.