Blown at the docks

[petemc]

Oh yeah. I was up at 6am this morning to get photos of 2 very large cranes being demolished at Birkenhead docks. The demolition didn't happen till 8am but they were closing the roads off at 7am so I had to be there before then. I stood around for an hour in the rain waiting for the bang. It was really impressive to watch. 1 minute before they sound a siren, then 30 seconds before a flare went up followed by a 10 second countdown. The woman filming for the Discovery channel warned us it would be loud. She wasn't kidding. There was a BANG and the BOOOOOOOM. I could feel the boom and the shockwave as it hit me. Then these 2 giant cranes just fell over. Video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY-y7Yks50I)

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[petemc]

Probably not no :) Apparently they'll be fully dismantled by tomorrow. Crazy.

[iCraig]

Those pictures look surreal. :shocked:

[Kell_ee001]

Fred Dibnah didn't do it like that!

;D

[Feek]

Reminds me of Walkers falling over in Star Wars.. Great photographs, Pete.

[Daz]

Great pics dude :)

[Pumpkinstew]

I love those pictures but the thread title is misleading tbh.

[Flibster]

I love those pictures but the thread title is misleading tbh.

Yup. I thought he was boasting!

[petemc]

lol :p Well its not untrue :p I was tempted by "Huge blow job at the docks" but figured its not very safe for work :D

[LeperousDust]

I really like the first picture with the reflection in the water, i'm no photographer at all, but i assume you hold the exposure for a little while to achieve that? Nice effect :)

[petemc]

It all depends on the conditions. On that day the water really was that still. However on this day it wasn't so I used a long exposure to calm it down.

http://www.vanilladays.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/img_7700-edit.jpg

[SidewinderINC]

those shots are facking brilliant!

The third is my favourite by a mile, I can't explain why though.

[Jonny69]

Wooooooah awesome :shocked: :cool: