Thanks Maik! Will reply in English so everybody can understand. Yes, those cranes can really be fast, I was surprised too. Some of the shots were done at maximum speed and this was the best way to do it as our cage started swinging every time we tried to do slower movements.

I’d also like pictures of me in the cage, but it was too spontaneous to organize that. I shot some BTS with my helmet camera, the very awesome ContourHD 1080p, but you don’t see much different shots like the ones you just watched, so I didn’t post them (just with the 550D in frame of course).

Yes, why not! Hope to be able to do it again soon.

Thanks so much Philip! Means a lot coming from you. Really look forward to meeting you in Prague too!

Thanks Michael! No, I didn’t. Actually, I was planning to use the tripod, but it was impossible: the metal bars of the cage kept getting into the frame as it was moving (the rotation of the cage itself cannot be controlled, therefore you have to pan “against it”.)

I just used the 550D with the strap around my neck and pulled it away from me, that allow some comparatively stable shots without any rig.

Thanks Isi! Yes, that was a great opportunity and I just grabbed it.

Partly because my EX3 is still in repair and partly because there was very little space up there! (And also because of the fact that this wasn’t planned – they just asked me if I could do this quickly because they were going to dismantle the construction crane two days later).

Thanks Miles!