Letting it all hang out

[agriffiths]

Reflections on a facade.... suspended 40m above the middle of Collins Street, Melbourne. Makes my toes tingle every time I think about it .

[petermmc]

Really gives the impression of height, falling and makes my palms sweat. I have taken many photos at height but most of mine look a bit flat. Great work.

[Matt. K]

Fabulous perspective in this image! How were you suspended?

[agriffiths]

Thanks guys.

Mat, the camera was suspended out over the edge from the top floor using an 8m camera crane. Thankfully I worked out a system that enabled me to be well away from the edge with a live video feed and full camera and gimbal control. Still scary watching a D3x and 14-24 disappear over the edge.

Planning and design / construction of the camera system took around 2 weeks. We arrived onsite at about 2pm and setup required 4 very stressful hours. Shooting started at 6:30 and I continued through the magic hour until 9pm. Think I managed to just make it home by midnight.

Funny part was when I arrived home I found the primary and backup folders the images had saved to appeared to be empty. Thankfully it was a temporary software display glitch but it took me 2 VERY long minutes to discover that in fact the images were still there!

Andrew

[colin_12]

That is a pretty cool effort.

[aim54x]

Amazing shot, it would have been scary to see a D3x go over the edge, but the rewards have been great. I love the perspective and the reflections.

[marcotrov]

Great visual appeal in this image. Love it. The leading lines on the building right take you straight down into the picture terrific perspective as Matt said.
cheers
marco

[gstark]

This would look great big, and from up close.






As long as you don't suffer from vertigo.

[Matt. K]

And here I was just thinking you held the mono-pod over the edge and fired the camera with the remote!

[biggerry]

2 VERY long minutes to discover that in fact the images were still there!

that would have taken a few years off the old ticker I reckon!

That is a great image and a surprisingly well composed one at that, I imagine even with a live feed getting the right composition would be a challenge - two thumbs up!

[agriffiths]

Thanks guys, I'm chuffed you like it.

that would have taken a few years off the old ticker I reckon!

My ticker is now a shadow of its former self, although the rush upon finding the full images still intact more than made up for it. I occasionaly have moments like this, where you feel your throat closing up, mouth goes dry, the brow scrunches up and suddenly you realise you're not breathing. Must look pretty funny from an outsiders perspective .

This would look great big, and from up close.

Printing to A3+ as we speak . Just waiting on some A2 to arrive and looking forward to trying out a rimless glass frame.

I'll post some more pics of setup as soon as I get a chance.

[surenj]

what a great perspective!

Looks like your hard work and prep has paid off.

[ozimax]

Great shot but (as in the case of sky divers and spelioligists), why?

Glad it was you and not me!

[agriffiths]

Great shot but (as in the case of sky divers and spelioligists), why?

I gave up asking that question long ago .

Actually it's part of a series of images that will be used by a developer to present what the new building will look like once finished. The idea being that a fully lit interior, complete with finshes and furniture, is modelled and rendered onto the photo. Thinking outside the box it will give the viewer a completely different perspective of the building in its context as well as providing a glimps of the interior. Although this particular perspective shot was just for me and will not be part of the ad campaign.

Here's another couple of shots.. just for me, hehe!



... and here's the control centre, complete with the most important element. See if you can spot it.

[zafra52]

I am very, very impressed! And speechless...