I actually like photos in busy crowded places with busy crowded backgrounds - using a longer focal length will show it even more as it compresses depth and will make a medium crowd seem huge. The photo is to remember the experience as a whole, and if the place is busy and crowded, that’s worth remembering.
If in the foreground, I’ll wait 8.5s for them to pass and move on with life. Ya don’t have to make it hard.
But at normally $139+ many already overextended families are kind of on edge at the start. Any trigger…
