West Palm Beach Building Demolition - The Implosion at 1515 S. Flagler

[robertwsimpson]

Talk about confidence that the building was going to fall right on top of itself, they left a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of heavy equipment right next to the building during the demo.






and the Pièce de résistance:

 

[jaharris1001]

wow,, thats a crazy set there and your action series is very cool,, looks like you were on a boat ? as your position seems to change periodically,, very cool,, those people in the boats look close to the implosion there

 

[robertwsimpson]

Actually I was on land, but I had to hold my camera way over my head to get above everyone. Thus the shaky hands. I had a tripod set up, but a tall man decided to stand directly in front of it.

I don't think boats were supposed to be there, but what were the cops going to do, arrest everyone? There were literally hundreds of them.

Thanks for the compliments!

 

[Augphoto]

Wow - great pics. You can't get these shots everyday!

 

[robertwsimpson]

yep! last time they demolished a building here was 15 years ago!


I love that my girlfriend was ok with watching this on Valentines day!

 

[Insanity]

Damnit... I was just down there for work too. I swear I miss all the good stuff...

Would love to see a building implode sometime looks like it'd be an awesome sight.

 

[Invisodude]

whoa cool! That animated gif at the end is the icing on the cake, very very cool job on these

 

[pbelarge]

Wow - great pics. You can't get these shots everyday!

Sometimes I like to say, "you can't see that from your living room couch"


That must have been a lot of fun to capture, nice job with both stills and video, thanks for the treat.

 

[robertwsimpson]

actually it's not video, it's an animation from all the stills I got!


thanks!

 

[nickywallphotography]

Some fantastic shots here and i realy like the animation made from all the shots

 

[Layspeed]

Very nice capture and great job with the animation. Kudos to your lady for being there with you on V-Day. Boo to the tall a$$ to decided to stand in front of someone with a tripod.