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HighPixel wrote in post #12105840
I think that's the same person....

Huh, I didn't even notice actually. So I guess I got one photog twice then

I got these at the March for Alternative in London on Saturday 26th March. The entire event passed off very peacefully, as expected, except for one or two instances of violence. I wasn't marching because of ill health but I got quite a few photos. As I turned a corner, suddenly out of nowhere came a mob of between 100 and 200 people moving down the road with about a dozen or so police following them. After a few minutes the mob turned and started walking towards the police, waving in their faces and shouting "Bye bye!" The police retreated.

There were quite a few photographers there, mostly press as far as I could see. They were running around trying to get a good position:

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GuitarFreak wrote in post #12105708
The local newspaper got me in a picture from the wrestling tournament I shot yesterday

http://media.timeslead​er.com …ng_03-27-2011_HCHB8I3.jpg

I'm sitting between the blue and green mats about center left.

And here's a photog I saw at the tournament.

What lens is this?

70-200 non-is

HighPixel wrote in post #12110736
70-200 non-is

Thanks!

garryknight wrote in post #12109046
I got these at the March for Alternative in London on Saturday 26th March. The entire event passed off very peacefully, as expected, except for one or two instances of violence.

I think you must have been at a different march from the media!

garryknight wrote in post #12109046
I got these at the March for Alternative in London on Saturday 26th March. The entire event passed off very peacefully, as expected, except for one or two instances of violence. I wasn't marching because of ill health but I got quite a few photos. As I turned a corner, suddenly out of nowhere came a mob of between 100 and 200 people moving down the road with about a dozen or so police following them. After a few minutes the mob turned and started walking towards the police, waving in their faces and shouting "Bye bye!" The police retreated.

There were quite a few photographers there, mostly press as far as I could see. They were running around trying to get a good position:

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One of the press photographers, suitably attired with a crash helmet, tried to get in closer for an action shot. I was even closer. Too close for comfort. It was time for me to get out of there:

Garry, That's quite a series. Glad you got out without getting hurt.
-Bruce

Roy Mathers wrote in post #12111789
I think you must have been at a different march from the media!

As far as the media is concerned, bad news is good news.

Ballen Photo wrote in post #12111961
Garry, That's quite a series. Glad you got out without getting hurt.
-Bruce

Thanks. I can't move all that fast these days, so I'm glad too.

garryknight wrote in post #12119140
As far as the media is concerned, bad news is good news.

True, but we've all seen the news broadcasts and the newspapers so, to say that it passed very peacefully is a bit of a stretch.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #12119206
True, but we've all seen the news broadcasts and the newspapers so, to say that it passed very peacefully is a bit of a stretch.

Could not agree more.

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Roy Mathers wrote in post #12119206
True, but we've all seen the news broadcasts and the newspapers so, to say that it passed very peacefully is a bit of a stretch.

Ok, I'll clarify. The march passed very peacefully. But some thugs who were not part of the main event turned up just to attack the banks, the Ritz and other locations. There were over 200 arrests but 138 of those were people peacefully occupying Fortnum & Mason. The police seem not to have gone after the thugs:
http://www.independent​.co.uk …uts-protests-2256729.html

Some news sites, including the Daily Mail, claimed that the violence came from UK Uncut members. The Daily Mail has been forced to recant. The BBC News is probably more correct in claiming that it stemmed from the Black Block, and the people I had a near miss with were definitely dressed black-bloc style.
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Black_bloc

Here's a quote from Sky News: 'However, the majority of the demonstration - dubbed the "March for the Alternative" - was peaceful with organisers claiming up to 500,000 people had taken part.' http://news.sky.com …s/Article/20110​3115960442

So, there were about 200 arrests out of "up to 500,000 people". Perhaps I shouldn't have said that "the entire event passed off very peacefully" but the March for the Alternative certainly did.

Interesting -- out here the talk has been about Libya, but at least in the snatches of news I've seen I didn't see this covered, but I guess it's not particularly surprising.