Originally Posted by
farmer_rob
I think a lot of here have tried the man and found him guilty of "something we don't like". This is VERY dangerous. What if his daughter was going to be at a swimming carnival in a couple of weeks and he wanted to ensure he was able to get good photos? What if he was developing a series of photos of swimmers for a book? What if he wanted to break into the ranks of sports photographers and he was doing the hard yards at the low end? There is nothing to suggest that the photos he took were indecent - only that the police and people did not like him taking them. Where does the line get drawn? He may have been stupid or misguided but does that mean he was bad?
Although, technically, the pool was probably not a "public" place, it would also be hard to define it as a place where people would normally expect privacy (unlike a changing room), especially during a swimming carnival.
Watch out, because next time you accidentally capture someone in a picture, you might also be arrested on the same grounds.