Public grr!

[ernesto]

I am not doing anything about it as it is not something important enough to me to waste any time or effort on and it is not something that causes me any concern.

As I said society evolves and it is generally for the better. Compare how the society is now to a 100 years ago for women, children, ethic minorities, people with disabilities etc,
They are the things to continue to progress and things such as whether people feel that it is now acceptable (didn't they always?) to jostle for position in a crowd to get a one off photo are so trivial they don't even register. That is why I am doing nothing.

However, it seems to be a higher priority to others which is why I am interested in what they are looking to achieve other than ranting about it on a forum.

 

[boliston]

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Let's make this clear as I think some are missing the point, she had EVERY right to take her pictures on any camera she likes I really don't give a toss, stop getting all funny about the d3 comment people, as explained it was to indicate size of camera so she didn't just assume I was just a waver which would then not mattered if she stood in front.....

I think I'd be equally annoyed if someone stood in front of me whether I had a camera or not.

 

[Webber2]

Sounds like our olympic torch event. Lots of people pushing to the front. Also lots of selfish people wanting to watch and film the whole event with their phones held high above their heads, blocking the view of everyone behind. God knows what they do with those crappy phone videos, probably just delete them when they see how pants they are.

Same thing happened at a street concert in New York. The performer came on and all the hands went up. Fair enough if they want to snap a photo, that way we all get a turn, but they blocked the view of everyone behind for the entire thing. I had to resort to taking blind shots over their heads.

 

[Trappe]

Last winter I arrived at the Mymbyr lakes around 20 minutes before sun up. I walked along part of the lake to choose the best spot. I set the camera up on a boulder. There was just about room for one. Ten minutes later a car turns up and a fellow photographer walked towards me. His face was like thunder. I said hello to him twice twice without a response.In the end I told him how ignorant he was. He replied "I thought you were talking to your dog". Basically he was fuming that I had taken "his" spot. He asked me how long i was going to be on the boulder. my reply ...as long as it takes. This is the funny part. He actually climbed onto the boulder and set up the camera just below me. It was quite funny at the time as the boulder was only 6' wide !!!