This shot is the result of an odd set of circumstances. I have wanted to photograph this refinery in the morning light for some time, so this morning I drove in to the city, found a parking lot with the view I wanted and was about to set up the shot. Before I could get the trusty D300 on my tripod a security guard appeared from nowhere and informed me that I could not shoot from there. What she said was: "Of course we would prefer that you don't take any pictures, but you certainly can't shoot from here; this is private property". Although not signed, it actually was an Imperial Oil parking lot so I packed up and moved on to a less attractive location. My first thought is not fit for print, but my second thought was: what is it they're worried about? Why would she explicitly say "Of course we would prefer that you don't take any pictures...". It's not like the refinery is a secret; you can see it for miles and it is right beside a major thoroughfare. It's also not like I presented a security risk; a quick google search when I got home revealed dozens of photos of the refinery including at least 5 on PBase, a rather uninspiring shot on the companies website, and a nice picture on the home page of a local politician. In addition to the available pictures, the refinery is in a high resolution zone on Google Earth so anyone can get the entire layout. I know that there is an increase in instances of situations like this in major cities although this is the first time that I have experienced this in Nova Scotia. My third thought was: when did photographers become the enemy?