Comments on: Flip Side of the Japanese Archery Rite-of-Passage Event: Way, Way Too Crowded to Enjoy http://regex.info/blog/2012-01-17/1927 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: GJC http://regex.info/blog/2012-01-17/1927#comment-45129 GJC Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:50:51 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2012-01-17/1927#comment-45129 Hey, you got some great shots. I saw you there and thought of stopping to chat, but I didn't want to interrupt you in the middle of what looked like some serious shooting. But I wanted to make sure to come visit and see what you were able to photograph. I'm impressed! I agree that the place was dreadful for spectators. I was amazed that the people in the front would simply not move and let others view, and, like you, I felt worst of all for family and friends who were stuck in the back saying "Is she up there now? Has she started?" That was amazingly selfish of the folks in the front row. I kept standing there thinking that eventually they would give up and let others have a chance to see, but no. I left pretty quickly after getting there, but I am glad you stayed and got these terrific shots. <span class='jfriedl'>This is a "story" post, not a photo post, so the shots are pretty bad, but they tell the story. I was even thinking of putting a note in Japanese at the top so that Japanese folks who don't read the English prose don't think I think they're good shots.. that'd be embarrassing. Whoever you are, I wish you would have said "hi"... I don't find many local photographers to interact with... —Jeffrey</span> Hey, you got some great shots. I saw you there and thought of stopping to chat, but I didn’t want to interrupt you in the middle of what looked like some serious shooting. But I wanted to make sure to come visit and see what you were able to photograph. I’m impressed!
I agree that the place was dreadful for spectators. I was amazed that the people in the front would simply not move and let others view, and, like you, I felt worst of all for family and friends who were stuck in the back saying “Is she up there now? Has she started?” That was amazingly selfish of the folks in the front row. I kept standing there thinking that eventually they would give up and let others have a chance to see, but no. I left pretty quickly after getting there, but I am glad you stayed and got these terrific shots.

This is a “story” post, not a photo post, so the shots are pretty bad, but they tell the story. I was even thinking of putting a note in Japanese at the top so that Japanese folks who don’t read the English prose don’t think I think they’re good shots.. that’d be embarrassing. Whoever you are, I wish you would have said “hi”… I don’t find many local photographers to interact with… —Jeffrey

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