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Tear Gas
Tear Gas
Oz


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Diptych (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Paris, France
Date: Jun 27, 2012
ISO: 800
Galleries: Photojournalism, Street
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2012

 Riots break out after France loses to Spain in the Eurocup. Fans watching the game at the Hyundai Fan Park in Paris begin to hurl bottles at the police and set off flares and fireworks. Then the tear gas canisters land and the gas fills the air. A bunch of people flee while others with shirts tied around their heads continue to launch whatever they can find. As the smoke and gas dissipates the sound of thousands of coughs echoes around the park.

I was standing on a bench taking photos while everyone around me was fleeing. I tied a French flag, which I had brought with me, around my face in order to keep out the worst of the smoke and gas, but I only had about 20 seconds to shoot before the full force of the tear gas hit me and I started coughing and couldn't see anymore from the tears and had to flee too.

Other shots from the matches are in this collection:



Statistics
Place: 27 out of 67
Avg (all users): 5.8595
Avg (commenters): 8.7500
Avg (participants): 5.8810
Avg (non-participants): 5.8481
Views since voting: 660
Views during voting: 286
Votes: 121
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 07/07/2012 01:39:02 PM
Great street work, didn't you get tear gassed!?
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 07/06/2012 10:12:49 AM
Excellent photojournalist shots. I also thought this would do better. Catching a bit more of the Eiffel Tower in the the top shot as a frame of reference might have helped your score a bit. Looks like you were right in amongst it -- be careful out there.
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 07/06/2012 09:25:41 AM
I can't believe this didn't go MUCH higher, Oz... Great job.
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 07/06/2012 07:40:39 AM
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
Thanks for writing in the comments. Geez, that seems excessive for a soccer game? When Ireland lost we cheered... though we had no expectations really.


Yeah people were pretty extreme, though in the end I think most of those rioting were already decided on starting a riot (or setting off their fireworks at least) and losing the match was more of a trigger.

ETA: then again.. if France had won there probably would have been more celebratory fireworks and flares than bottles.

Message edited by author 2012-07-06 07:41:53.
 07/06/2012 07:26:02 AM
Thanks for writing in the comments. Geez, that seems excessive for a soccer game? When Ireland lost we cheered... though we had no expectations really.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2012 06:37:41 AM
Great capture. Was that in Paris? 'grats on the image and bling!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/05/2012 11:26:22 PM
great action here 9
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 07/05/2012 09:29:55 PM
wow, what a street capture.

I'm hanging this in my fantasy art gallery

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2012 04:26:58 PM
Memories you'll never forget. Works well as a diptych.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2012 09:06:47 AM
Looks like a grand time was had by all.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2012 10:41:31 PM
Wow - very striking. Hope you weren't too adversely affected while shooting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2012 09:14:47 PM
Good sequence. 6
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 06/29/2012 02:41:23 PM
Good use of the blur. That's just about what the world looks like, after meeting up with tear gas.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2012 10:17:46 AM
This is the best and most evocative entry. The B&W, the slight motion blur really immerse the viewer and make him feel the moment of tension and anxiety.

10 for me!
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