Went to capture some photos at a protest demonstration in Gamlebyen, Oslo today.
It was a cold day for both police, journalists, animals and demonstrators.
The police were there and they’d put on their riot gear and brought their horses, but the protest was conducted without any violent episodes. After a couple of hours the protesters returned to their homes, which was very nice for all the police officers & journalists because we all had cold feet.
Cardinal Guzman 
Dejligt at se norsk politi stadig bruger heste – dansk politi har sparet deres væk nu – det er ærgerligt synes jeg…
Very well captured… 🙂
Ja, det er synd. Politihester er et flott syn. De er majestetiske dyr og et fint innslag i bybildet.
nice shot 🙂
but also that there is no violence anywhere!
a kiss
vento
From a human point of view I’m glad there was no violence, but as a photographer it would have been great to get some action photos 😀
Love snow scenes, and like vento, glad there was no violence anywhere.
I took a lot of horse pictures: I found them to be much more interesting than the demonstration itself.
I just love this picture!
Thank you Jude. More photos to come!
Solo ver la imagen me entra frío, ¡muy bonita foto!!
It wasn’t really that cold, but the demonstration lasted for a long time – so in the end we were all freezing 🙂
Herlig bilde av politihestene i snø.
Skjønner godt at du prioriterte dette motivet!
Godt komponert!
Ha en utmerket søndag!
Hjertelig takk Hans. Hyggelig å få noen norske kommentarer her inne også. Ønsker deg en riktig flott førjulstid!
Good slowing down of those big flakes. You must have used a speed of 1/400 or 1/500.
Thanks Allan. The speed was at 1/80. Aperture f/5.6, but the ISO was high: 3600. I just posted a gallery and a video clip from the demonstration.
Fabulous capture love this..’)
Thank you very much Gerry
I read your other post and wondered what the white balls were. I am against physical confrontation as the authorities will always win. I especially like the protection over the horses eyes!!
The white balls? Do you mean the snow?
You’re absolutely right: the authorities always win.
No- the police on Horseback were holding what looked like large white sacks or bags or balls?
Oh yes. I have no idea what’s inside them. I didn’t think about them before you mentioned them… I’ll research it next time 🙂
I’m amused by the comfortable eye-protecting construction for the horses! sent to twitter!
Thanks Herr Fritz! I appreciate it.
Fantastic shot, Cardinal! Never seen horses in riot gear before.
Perhaps you’ll see it when you come for a visit to Oslo? 😀
Love to (visit Oslo, I mean) 🙂
Cold feet for sure. But that just made the coffee afterwards that much more enjoyable :=)
Hello Thomas. Yes, it was nice. We must meet again for another photo adventure and coffee soon. Give me a call when you’re in the area.
I’m a bit disturbed by the idea of dragging horses into human confrontations. But then I think perhaps I should be more concerned about the humans. This was a very thought provoking image for me. Thanks for posting it.
In the 1980’s some punks held a demonstration in Oslo. The demonstration got out of hand and escalated. Afterwards some of the punks went to a bar called Stortorvets Gjestgiveri for a beer.
The chief of police at the time (his name was Willy Haugli) decided to arrest the punks and sent some police officers into the pub accompanied by dogs.
Of course this resulted in a lot of chaos and punks that got bitten by police dogs. Later, when the press asked him why he decided to use dogs, he replied:
Ok, I laughed at this, but I suspect you are being serious.
I wish that we had a funny and colorful chief of police today (like the one we used to have), but things aren’t what they used to be. Now even the police is supposed to be 100% politically correct at all times.
These days the police always sends a press spokesperson, that delivers carefully planned speeches and blah, blah, blah.
Political correctness and conformism is killing Norway.
“Political correctness and conformism is killing Norway.”
Could not agree more.
It’s a shame really. Society is getting more and more dull.