When The Walls Come Tumblin' Down by RodS
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Description
OK, everyone grab your Mellencamp CDs and sing along:
When the walls come tumblin’ down
When the walls come crumblin’ crumblin’
When the walls come tumblin’ tumblin’ down…..
I drove past an old grain elevator they're demolishing in North Kansas City, yesterday, and couldn’t resist the urge to stop and get a few photos of some good, old-fashioned destruction! I had my Canon Digital Rebel with me, so I plunked the 100-300mm zoom lens on, and found a good spot to park.
I ended up with a couple hundred photos of that wrecking ball hitting the building. This sequence is my favorite.
Thanks for all your comments on my No Parking post!
I hope to have the next page the TNA Girls’ adventure ready by the weekend. As I upload this, my Poser computer is in the middle of a complex render with the girls in the Hype Club with lots of lights, reflections and transparencies.

Comments (20)
Very cool sequence! Nice shots, Rod!
fantastic shots!!
Great shots! I guess in some camps, this is how you bring down the house!
use to enjoy that tune rod, yep them walls are a tumbling alright, cool capture of this demolished looking structure. like that capture also of the explosion going on. steve
Whow way cool Rod, this sequence of shots looks great very well captured, love it!!
I was tapping my foot to that tune when I saw the title of the image in my email. Great ole song. These are very cool pictures, it must have been a tone of fun watching that.
Cool sequence! i wonder that wall feels pain?
Yes, when the big iron ball hit's it...... great capture dear friend! Have a great day, hug’s Ute
Awesome shots Rod! You were in the right place at the right time for this, glad you had your camera with you!
That place is a 'wreck'!! But the guy running the crane is probably having a 'ball'. Sorry sheepish grin couldn't resist that! I love watching buildings coming down...don't know why, LOL. I haven't seen one taken down by a wrecking ball in a while. Now a days you usually see them come down with carefully place dynamite. Neat shot!
Be carefull of the dust trust me asbestos superb captures though hugs lou x
a little knock with that one and off to dreamland lol. impressive.
Go Mr. JCM! Loved allot of his tunes...still have them playing today...I'm like that. Love the oldies :0( Cool but scary post Rod...what a POV!
Good idea taking your camera on all your rounds Rod. I'll bet there is at least a picture a day just waiting for you to discover it. This sequence is powerful...I can hear the crash or maybe thump or maybe whack. Whatever the sound, I can smell the concrete dust...oooooo, pass me a mask, woodcha? Like it Rod...and your title is perfect:)
GAME OVER...for this building ;-) Superb collage... Watch this: In this unique time-lapse video created from thousands of individual frames,
Very interesting images! Great series of shots!
Well, I suppose that with your line of work you really like the idea of smashing stuff don't you Rod, LOL? I'm sure you want to smash a lot of those copiers you encounter in your day-to-day routine. Wise idea to vent your frustrations by watching a building demolition rather then bust up a customer's Xerox machine, eh? LOL! Good thinking and nice shooting.
Very nice capture, Rod. You have such a powerful zoom lens to capture every detail of this image. Wowie!!
Excellent capture!!
Great sequence! I'm glad you were able to capture this. Bill likes the title a lot more now that I'm playing him the song. LOL! :)