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Originally Posted by Klondike
Thanks for keeing 'em coming, Bjcojak. Impressive output of high Q pics! And you're showing me some new women too, as I started doing a count like last year. So far, I'm up to 212 women riders. Last year, we topped out at 273 and the weather was a lot better. Anyone care to wager if this years total will beat that? I think it will be close, which is saying a lot considering how wet it was at times last Saturday.
EDIT: Here's a slightly more depressing thought: Last years Fremont thread topped out at 42 pages long. We are only up to 9 here. So like with the 2010 WNBR thread, we just don't seem to be putting the pics up like we used to. I don't think its a lack of web pics necessarily. I just don't think we have the surfer contributions here at OCC this spring. Event participation and pic taking is as strong as ever (weather problems aside). So maybe we're all getting a bit jaded....or its the economy, stupid.....
Klondike
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I have noticed that too. Last year we had nearly equal numbers of painting party pics, ride pics, and end of ride pics. I unfortunately didn't make it to the end of the ride to get photos. Mainly over concern that the local police would be discouraging photography at Gasworks Park. Now looking back I should have made my way to the end of the ride, but hindsight is 20/20.
I did notice the normal amounts of photogs at the parade. So I'm not sure if in the coming days we would get more photos uploaded to flickr etc. I would have figured that the Galleries would have swelled given the dismal weather Saturday and even worse weather on Sunday in the Northwest. I'm not sure, but maybe the ride has become "mainstream" and not gathering as much attention, I seemed to notice that with the Bay to Breakers, and the WNBR too.
I maybe getting to much on the soapbox, but I for one to like to cover this Ride. Its easy going, photography is encouraged and everyone knows its when and where its going to happen. I would like to think that more people would be encouraged to take photos and post them. But as my friend said "I just didn't feel right taking pictures of them as they rode by..." Seriously? Maybe that is the documentor in me, I just shoot away at what happens in front of me.