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The Guardian
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Get high at Glastonbury: the Guardian's aerial shots of the festival
It can be difficult to get an elevated view at Glastonbury. There are various high-up platforms around the site, and of course there are the hills that give a view down into the valley where the festival nestles. But for much of the weekend you are in a crowd, looking up. Guardian photographer David Levene therefore used an eight metre-high 'monopod' – a sort of highly stable pole with his camera stuck on top – to create elevation and give us a better sense of the scale of the crowds. I wanted to get a slightly different viewpoint of the things that have become very familiar to our readersDavid Levene The crowds pack in tightly during the big stage events, such as Rod Stewart on Sunday afternoon, which was many festivalgoers' main event of the weekend – even if the Guardian gave it a mixed review. The various routes through the festival remain busy at all hours, and can be disorienting as people follow the crowds or a map. An old railway track forms the main pedestrian artery running through the site. Finding 'clean' shots can be a real challenge at Glastonbury. Visually, so much is thrown at you wherever you look, and photographically, pretty much everything is an assault on the sensors! One way around this problem can be to get up high, in order to achieve more depth, balance and spacing As the sun set on Sunday evening, we got perhaps the best 'golden hour' of the weekend. Glastonbury-on-Sea is an area by the Park stage with a fairground feel, complete with a pier jutting out from the hillside. The giant bug at Arcadia – made from an old Royal Navy helicopter – is surrounded by dancers who look almost ant-like from this viewpoint. These two images were taken from the same point with the camera turned around. Shangri-La is a busy, wildly creative area in the south-east corner of the festival, full of sound systems where people party until the early hours. The Prodigy closed the the Other stage with an energetic show, and Olivia Rodrigo finished the festival on a five-star high. David was there to catch an elevated view of the firework display at the end. Towers and platforms are few and far between and become well used by anyone with a smartphone or camera in their hands. Drones are a big no-no for site authorities, so the monopod solves the problem. It's a beast even when collapsed, but well worth the bother so I can choose virtually any spot on the site to shoot a raised picture
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Canada Day celebrations in the Ottawa suburbs
Ottawa Watch For those looking to avoid the downtown Canada Day crowds, there is lots planned in the suburbs. CTV's Camille Wilson reports.
Independent Singapore
21-06-2025
- Independent Singapore
Local asks if anyone else is overwhelmed by the 'sheer number of people' in SG
SINGAPORE: When a local Reddit user asked whether anyone else felt overwhelmed by the number of people in Singapore, many people chimed in with answers. In response to the post author, some shared their mechanisms for dealing with crowds. '735.7 (sq km) hosting 5 million people. One of the densest countries in the world. Does anyone feel claustrophobic surrounded by so many people, especially during peak hours? How do you cope with it?' wrote u/BedOk577 in an r/askSingapore post on Sunday (June 15). From the large number of responses to the post, it was obvious that the post author is not the only one who feels this way. The top comment is from a Reddit user who shared their 'ways to avoid the crowds as much as possible.' '1. Go to work early to avoid the rush hour traffic (arrive around 7:40 a.m. at the office) 2. Leave early (around 5:00 p.m.) 3. Early lunch (11:15 a.m.) See also Samsung launches Note 20 series in Singapore 4. Groceries are delivered regularly, so I don't have to brave the crowded supermarkets 5. Don't leave the house during weekends,' they wrote, adding that they ordered most of the stuff for their home and had it delivered. When another expressed frustration: 'We can't even enjoy weekends outdoors because of crowd + heat,' many others quickly agreed. 'Exactly. Weather plus crowd are the most underrated factors to happiness, yet people only look at money and the ability to buy stuff as the happiness index,' one wrote. Another shared the spots around the city-state that they still find relaxing, including East Coast Park, which is cooled by the wind and has parts that are not crowded. 'Or if u just want a quiet afternoon reading a book while enjoying Chagee, you can go TJPG MRT Chagee during weekends. No crowd at all. There are also a lot of small museums spread across Singapore with aircon and activities for you to try,' they wrote, adding that those who frequent touristy and main interchange areas are bound to feel overwhelmed because of the heat and crowds. 'It's unfortunate that weekends used to be an opportunity for me to go outside without it being related to work, but now it's a chore. Crowds everywhere, hot weather, have to jostle for everything of interest, and I really dislike how public transport frequency on the weekends is considered off-peak, which just means more people packed in trains,' wrote another. One shared that their coping mechanism is 'going on frequent trips out of Singapore haha,' but added that this can be costly. In contrast, another wrote that they 'Stay at home. Spend so much on BTO (build to order) and Reno, be at peace at home.' Some noted that Singapore's planners did a good job, especially compared to Hong Kong, which is less dense but feels more crowded. 'Try to go out during non-peak hours, but recently come to realise even non-peak hours are getting crowded. I always wonder where the people are coming from and where they are going. 😅 Used to go to parks for a walk but due to the recent extremely hot weather, I chose to stay home instead to do some simple decluttering or just watching videos,' wrote another. /TISG See also Ow To Run A Family Foodcourt Read also: Daniel Liu and the 10 million population handicap
Daily Mail
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Trump targeted in deep state 'Pope plot'... as woke leakers seek to embarrass president on his birthday
Size matters to Donald Trump, especially when it comes to crowds. That's why Defense Department sources tell the Daily Mail that the White House wants more people watching the much-touted military parade in Washington, DC on the president's 79th birthday this Saturday, than celebrating new Pope Leo XIV's ascendancy to the papacy that same day in .
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
IronMan 70.3 Bolton 2025 – the best pictures from the day
A record number of athletes took part in the annual Ironman 70.3 in Bolton today (Sunday, June 08), with crowds lining the streets to catch a glimpse of the competitors. Here are some of the best pictures taken throughout the course of the day. Advertisement The triathlon saw thousands of athletes competing for the ultimate glory, to be named an ironman or ironwoman and, if lucky, to beat the competition. They first dived into the frigid waters of Pennington Flash in Leigh for a 1.2 mile swim, before cycling 56 miles through Leigh, Atherton, Westhoughton, Horwich and Bolton and ending in a half marathon around the town centre, Queens Park and Chorley New Road. READ MORE: The full gamut of human emotion was on show throughout the day, from the sheer elation of winning to the devastation of having to drop out, from the nerves before the start to the determination once they were in the zone. One ropey, but heartwarming, moment came when the back wheel of an athlete's bike came away from the frame as he was getting ready to set off following the swim.
