Quote Originally Posted by AcadieLibre View Post
let me know I will try and give you a few other survival tactics.
That's pretty much what I was looking for. I was in the midst of it, exhaling on people wearing hankerchiefs on their faces. I figured they were the best bet for troublemakers. It occurred to me afterwards that a understanding of how these things typically develop would have helped me predict which way the crowd would go and the best pace to shoot from. I'm shooting primes cause that's what I have. Last night I took just a 50mm, but I think the 28 might have been better. It fits in a pocket anyway. I wasn't really looking to show the size of the crowd, but rather get individuals within it. I think I'll leave the camera bag at home for any crowd, it got bumped alot, sometimes when pressing the shutter button.

There came a point when I realized that I didn't care if the camera was damaged, I wanted the shots.