Critical Infrastructure I - a photo on Flickriver

Part of the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project, a $2.2 billion construction project that will increase the capacity of Michigan's only refinery to 115,000 barrels per day.

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Me: Setting up camera and tripod on public sidewalk.
Homeland Security: pulls up in security vehicle... "Hey what are you doing? Taking pictures?"
Me: "Yep."
Homeland Security: Staring at me in silence
Me: "I don't know what that is but it sure looks really interesting."
Homeland Security: "That there is CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE!"
Me: Not really sure what to say... "OK then, just going to be taking some pictures."
Homeland Security: Watches from vehicle as I make my exposures then follows me back to my vehicle where he appears to be writing down my license plate number.

I shot this several times and was approached by security every time. I was told that photographing this was prohibited but that they couldn't do anything about it because I was on a public sidewalk. I am probably now on some terrorist watch list, hope it was worth it.

Taken in: United States / Michigan / River Rouge (show map)

Taken on: April 8, 2010

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Sets appears in: • Along The Rouge: Detroit's Industrial Mecca • Architektura

Groups appears in: • Long Exposure • EXPOSURE.Detroit more » • B&W SQUARE GROUP • DETROIT DIGITAL • Square • Monochromatic Visions • Committee of Artists • Chasing Shadows (Closed - Thanks for all the Great Images) • MuLTi MeGa SQuaRe • Series X 3 • Petrol « less

Camera: Nikon D700, f/29.0, 30 sec, 48mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/29.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	48mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
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