What do you mean illegal...

During my vacation I noticed a rainbow while driving around town.  Unable to get a good picture I turned onto a side street to get a better shot.  The road I turned on had a few geese roaming around, so I snapped  a few pictures.

 

 

I then turned the car around to get a better shot of the rainbow.  I only had my iPhone with me at the time and the rainbow was so large I couldn't get it in one picture, so I took two pictures.  Happy with my pictures I got back in the car and was on my way.

Ladies and gentlemen: the remainder of story you are about to read is true. Only the names and location have been changed to protect the innocent.  As I approached the main road an officer walked in front of the car and motioned for me to pull into the parking lot.  He then asked me to step out of my car and show him my drivers license.  He wanted to know why I was taking pictures of the building.  I told him I was taking pictures of the rainbow and motioned for him to turn around so he could see it. 

About half way through this encounter I began to wonder why they needed my cell phone number, address I was staying at in "unnamed city", my home address, license plate number, make and model of my car, reason I was visiting the "unnamed city" and when I would be returning home. Given all the information I had just provided I felt it was only fair of me to ask him if he would like a urine or blood sample.  He managed to say no without even smiling. Tough crowd.  After about 20 minutes of questioning, a call to someone special and copies of all my information I was told I could leave.  I offered to delete the pictures but he insisted that it wasn't necessary.  I think at this point it is safe to say I now have an FBI file with all the pertinent details of my afternoon photo session.  As I walked back to my car I turned around and said "just so you know, I won't post the pictures on Facebook"...still no smile. 

The lesson learned during all of this...is that it's illegal to take pictures of a federal building.  After a little photo-shop playing I was able to remove the building in question so that everyone could see just how nice the rainbow was.  I tried to putting the two pictures together to make one rainbow but my photo-shop skills are not as good as some agencies.