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Reuters' photographer and Werner ladder setting up for NATO
Topeeka: While most of the time my Manfrotto 3001D tripod or 680B monopod with an appropriate head take care of my camera support needs, there are a few projects that need something "above and beyond" these products. These are the projects that need a higher viewpoint, much like the PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) Group features. Since my Nikon D700 along with a lens is fairly heavy, not to mention expensive (!!!!), I wanted to find a way I could get the necessary height and still feel safe and not worry about my gear falling from a 15 or 20 foot mast. After some thought and shopping around, I decided that working from the top of a 12 foot stepladder would give me what I needed for these viewpoints. I found a nice Werner fiberglass ladder that looked just right. When erected, it has a nice larger 'footprint', good wide steps, a solid 'feel' to it...and a fairly reasonable price of about $260, much cheaper than a trip to the emergency room..!! Here is a shot of this ladder set up for a recent Pano shoot. In order to make things easier and more secure for my work, I added two mounting bolts to the top platform. These are 3/8 x 16 to allow me to mount a variety of my Manfrotto heads directly to the top of the "Pladder"...(Pole + Ladder...get it?) Here is the shot with the first bolt in place and the second one ready to be installed in the other corner.. Having the two bolts mounted at the very top of the Pladder allows some flexibility in what heads I mount as well as the field of view of the camera position. This photo shows the completed job along with my 488RC2 head ready to be mounted. Here are three options for the top platform...the 488RC2, a 322RC2 grip and a 438 Levelling platform...which is nearly always needed for my Pano work. With the preliminary set up done...and I leave the bolts in place all the time...this shows the ladder set up and in use. I have my Nikon D90 mounted here on the 488RC2. The 438 leveller and a mounting plate are on the left side. Notice there are some recessed places on the top platform that can hold a few small items and the yellow platform on the back side is also available if needed. Not shown here is a Werner "work bucket" that can be attached to the top platform if more gear is needed. In this view, I have added a "Painter's Pole" to the rig. The one I use is a Wooster Sherlock that extends to 16'. The selling point of this pole for me is the fact that it uses positive 'click stops' to lock the pole at any one foot interval. No worries about one of the rotary clutches coming loose and dropping 10 pounds of high dollar gear. Here the pole is at about 14', just a couple of feet higher than the 12' Pladder. Fully extended, it will be 4 feet higher than the actual ladder...you do the math..!! Notice too, the bright orange object near the center of the pole. This is one of those "Fence Post Levels" from a hardware store. It allows me to easily get the pole plumb from ground level or when I am part way up the ladder. It is held on with rubber bands so it can be quicly moved...or removed. In this configuration, I can either operate the camera from a standing position at the top of the ladder...or I can trip the shutter remotely... either wired...or by radio. I also have a remote LCD viewer so that I can monitor the shot when the camera is at full extension...lots of options here. I can also rotate the pole manually from any level, on the ground, mid way up, or at the top. For the Pano project on this day, I used a 360Precision Pano head mounted on the Manfrotto 438 levelling head. It was quick work to get things lined up...and since I was planning on a very wide pano, I wanted my shots to be as accurate as possible. Here my D700 is mounted along with a Sigma 17-35mm lens. I used the 17mm setting for this Pano shot. I used a 30 degree increment to get the total of 8 Pano panels Here is the Pano shot that was done with this rigging. This consists of 8 Pano panels...and each of those was a 7 exposure bracketed shot for HDR. Whip out your calculators and you can see that there are 56 total images in this shot. You can tell by the edge of the runway on both sides of the Pano that this is about a 220 degree photo. With a 30MPH wind and temps in the mid-50's and the delay in writing 14 images each shot (I saved them in both RAW and jpg, this final version used the jpg images), it took about 10 minutes to do the series...and then, since I wanted to CYA myself, I did it all a second time..just in case. By that time I was very cold and ready for the warmth of the coffee bar...after taking my camera down of course.!! This shows the Pladder at full extension...I never try to watch the LCD or look through the viewfinder at this height. It would be dangerous to do that, and you can tell that I am NO daredevil...!! I either "guess" at the rotation needed....not hard to do with a generous overlap, or I use my remote LCD monitor to check my alignment and to review the shot. It would also be possible....and I have not done this....yet...!!..to obtain a few more feet (6 or 8...how brave are you??) by lifting the bottom of the pole from the ground and raising it up through the hole in the top of the platform. Of course one would be standing midway up the ladder steps..and maybe having an assistant act as the shutter guy...or girl..!! And...finallly...a word ...and photo...about safety. In all of this, I have made my own welfare and stability my number ONE concern. While 10 or 12 feet does not seem like a great distance when standing on the ground, when you are that high in the air, it's a totally different story and perspective... Always take your time ascending or descending any ladder, keep one hand for the side rails, make sure your shoes are clean and dry, watch for others in the area and in general, keep your head clear. Here is a (staged) photo that demonstrates just one of the many dangers...Stay Safe at all costs. There are a few more photos of this outfit and another shot that I used it for in my PhotoStream, have a look if you have not yet had your fill of this subject....!!
RaptorHawkLBC: He wasn't taking any chances -- 5 ladders.
Snuffy clinging to the ladder as he makes his way down to what else but Ladder Ravine. Sure is easier climbing up the ladders then down them.
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The Concord Carpenter actually spotted this guy at Milwaukee Tool Corporation
WERNER, a WernerCo brand, is the world leader in ladders and has a complete line of climbing products designed for working at heights.
Or jojo for short.
After everything was cleared out, this is the kinda of stuff that remained. Anaheim, California, USA Fill the frame with a trash can and a ladder. Click here. Photograph by Jeffrey Bass -- All Rights Reserved "Red for the People of Berma"
[LADDERS OF SUCCESS post starts HERE] I heard that somebody was having trouble getting a picture onto their Blogspot site, so I thought I s...
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I have been told that getting your wife a ladder for Christmas is not the world’s brightest idea. I have been told this by my wife. Now before I am besieged by angry comments from women everywhere, and perhaps an Occupy the Big New Kitchen in Stamford movement, let me say a few things in my…
Above: Werner Walter manning his UFO Hotline in 2003 (dpa / Ronald Wittek) Werner Walter (11th August 1957 – 7th November 2016) founded the Centrale Exploratory Network of Exceptional Phenomena of the Skies (CENAP). In his youth, Walter had a sighting of a strange light phenomenon which first made him a supporter of the theory that UFOs were craft of extraterrestrial origin. The longer Walter dealt with the subject matter and those involved in it as well as the witnesses, the more he saw his original belief in the Extra Terrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) diminish and he gained a reputation as a sceptic and a critic of the Ufological scene through his work and his publications and was considered a sceptic. When I was last in contact with him, Walter expressed boredom with the subject and Ufology and how it had developed into almost a fantasy subject. For many years Walter was the main source for information on Ufology and sightings in Germany –he was quite literally a one-man operation which many, it appeared, did not like— for which I am grateful. His methods, etc were criticised by von Ludwiger.
Werner - производитель известной классики датского дизайна The Shoemaker Chair. Первоначально выпущенный в 1936 году остается до сих пор актуальным.
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