Charity event - Televie - Elia


My wife has organized a charity event today, in cooperation with Televie, a Belgian organization sponsoring research against cancer. The company my wife is working for is the power grid operator and organized climbing on an electricity pylon. Every time somebody climbed, they added to the amount they would sponsor....
Stuff used for those interested: Nikon D200+10.5 fisheye/12-24/17-50 2.8/70-200VR 2.8 and F5+35-70 2.8+70-200VR 2.8 (no film pictures shown here)

This has been an interesting experience...

Now the pictures:
#1 the pylon they use for training (no cables) seen from a distance - this was in the middle of nowhere



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#2 one of the climbers


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#3 crowded top - there is even a bird's nest


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#4 the national TV came there as well (they support the action as well)
trying to find an interesting angle


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#5 my wife interviewed by the TV journalist


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#6 the camera man not too confident... wanted to see what it looked like...
(helped by a pro)


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#7 the environment was beautiful - we had a view...


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#8 and a view on the real pylons


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#9 crowded pylon again


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#10 an aspiring climber


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#11 from the bottom


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#12 after the effort, there was a barbecue


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#13 some shooters had interesting camera's (this one was the Sony working with floppy disks !)


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#14 and just some fish eye fun


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I brought back 300 pics, this is a random selection - I hope some of you enjoyed it.