Kung Hei Fat Choi
Sunday, February 12, 2012
"Over 100 units will participate in the Southwest
Airlines Chinese New Year Parade. A San Francisco tradition since just
after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the
many hundreds of thousands of people that come to watch it on the street..." (http://www.chineseparade.com/)
Take to heart the last part where it states that many hundreds of thousands of people come to watch the Chinese New Year parade because the event was packed more than a store offering 10 TVs for a slightly discounted price on Black Friday. It was crowded going there, crowded there, and crowded going back. It reminded me of the packed train stations of Japan, but not as crowded because here in America we need our personal space.
Interestingly enough people were enjoying the event without too much chaos. Occasionally the pushers and obnoxious people were seen, but they disseminated easily into the vast crowds of people. Getting a good view of the parade when you come during the middle of the event was a challenge in itself. People were climbing trees and trying to get the best possible angle to take pictures and view the parade. I, myself, had to climb a lamp post to get a better angle. A person can always risk pushing oneself into the crowd, but there's always a person shifting their stance so when you take a picture they stick their fat heads in the picture.
Note the quality of the pictures aren't great. In a couple of the shots it looks like there's still light outside, but it was clearly night time. The high ISO settings might create grainy pictures and the movement at night is clearly seen with all the blurriness. It does have an artistic quality to it. Please click on any picture to see the gallery or click here.
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