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Dont jump, there is a lot in life worth living for!
Holy cow Joe, I’ve got a head for heights and that photo still trips me out… So high you lose a sense of scale and feel like you’re somehow separate from the ground!
Joe, you’re by far my favorite photographer… and I’m happy to add my name to the (I’m sure) very large list of people who have said this… you’re out of your mind! 🙂
I just recently got engrossed in Half Dome after your last blog and decided to watch the YouTube video of people doing the 12-mile hike… with clenched fists I watched as people scaled the cables. I was in the WTC January before 9/11, and heights weren’t a big deal to me then… after September 11, that all changed… I’m not sure why. I just woke up and suddenly heights were a thing.
Though it’s my dream to one day chase football and backetball players down the sidelines and courtside with one of Nikon’s finest, a part of my wishes for the NG gigs you’ve gotten… but after seeing that heights really do need to be just another thing (I’m still in awe of your climb up the antenna at the ESB), I’ve resolved that this terra firma is pretty sweet!
Thank you for scaling the heights that I just can’t fathom… at least in the physical world.
Joe, were those shoes brown before you climbed out there? 😉
Heights don’t normally bother me but you have a knack for making my stomach lurch with your photos taken from staggering heights. This one and the changing the lights on Empire State building photo both get to me.
What the heck is that thing Joe is standing on? Looks like an exhaust manifold or something. It doesn’t look designed to hold the weight of a human. Joe hangs out of helicopters and all kinds of stuff, but he uses safety lines. But long pants? Where are his shorts? I bet it was cold up there. And windy. Was it cold and windy, Joe? I bet we also start seeing this picture in forwarded emails, perhaps doctored a little, as one of those “last photos ever taken” or some such.
OMG OMG OMG that photo makes me so dizzy I can’t look at it but for a few seconds!!!
You kill me Joe. Wow.
I saw this making the rounds on the internet and said to myself, “Look at that crazy bastard!” I didn’t know the photo was yours. You’re still crazy 😉
This reminds me of your work on some very high powerlines where you used a helicopter to get up there! Numnutz forever !
OMG Joe! Dude, we both have the same first name, we both shoot with Nikons, and we both have the same pair of Eccos. I thinking that we both do not share a fear of heights though. You Rock!
Each time I look at this I get shivers all over. What an incredible height to step out
and look down. Yes Joe -you are crazy !
So Joe were you basically tied to the mast here? There’s a wonderful (and wonderfully dizzying) sense of depth and height here!
You got the guts!
Best regards from Mexico! hope you come again soon.
You win!!
Thou hast the world’s supply of brass hanging ‘tween thou’s legs.
Wow – that is a dizzying shot! I would have dropped my phone!
Joe,
You know what I’ve done through out my career from planes, but man this is too dang high!!!!! Be careful my friend!!
Bill
Hi Joe!
What a great picture! Scary as HELL :-)Do you have it in better resolution? I would really like it as a poster! Or do you sell it? Or how does it work around?
KR,
Markus
I’ve climbed a 250 foot radio antenna to change the light bulb (without a safety belt – what was I thinking?) and this still makes me cringe.
And there’s more to come! Oh, be still my heart.
Joe,
I’d bet there are a fair number of us that often wish we were in your shoes.
NOT THIS TIME, NO WAY!
All the best.
John
Huffington Post has listed your photo as the “most epic” photo ever on Instagram!
Someone else liked your shoes: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151498908092486&set=a.194340792485.131908.91393822485&type=1&theater
روعه وقمه ÙÙŠ الشجاعه
Epic photo, I love it!
Just LOOKING at the photograph is making me nauseous. I don’t do heights very well (unless I’m in a plane!) obviously! I’d love to see Dubai.
Ha! You’ve gone viral with this one! I admire your sense of adventure and I’m glad you’re a shooter.
Joe, next time, before you show a photo that includes your shoes, you should get them polished.
Bob Fisher, a big fan of your work.
Joe,
There was a horse in Atlantic City that could have made that dive into the fountain (lake?) below, no big deal!
Regards from Hastings on Hudson.
Jim
PS I think I’ll go lie down now until the nausea passes.
There is something very wrong with you, Joe. Glad someone does it!
I wonder if you slip?
Beautiful.
OMG, that is an awesome view. No way in a million years I could ever do that. Amazing.
Dubai been on my wish list for a long time. Would I climb up there? Hell yeah you only live once .. I would just be hoping that meant long enough to process the images. 😉
Nice photo – not as exciting or dangerous as NSUH at sunrise though now there was a real photo safari. Are those Bass?
Eccos! Good to hear from you Robert! Yes, we did have an adventure that morning up on the roof of NSUH. I was glad you guys were willing to just look at the sunrise while Cali and I hung out over the side of the building:-)))
Joe,
It looks like you’re at the tip of the building.. the maximal, is that correct?? How on earth did you get there? The climb must be insane!!! Show us more?
Amazing photo. My stomach turns every time I look at it! Where the heck are you standing?
STanding on the railing on the bucket where the aircraft warning lights are hanging….:-))) cool view!
Hi Joe
I was fortunate enough to come to three of your classes this week (plus an expo class, the panel discussion and the wrap up) and saw you show the video on this…..incredible stuff!
Is that video going to be published anywhere soon?
Thanks for being an inspiration.
Hi Joe.
I just attended your workshop in Minneapolis on April 24th. Awesome day. I was impressed by the video that was shot of you climbing the tower in Dubai. Will that video be available for viewing on the web? I’d love to show it to my photo classes.
Ditto on the request to have the video available, Joe. Saw it three times I believe at PSW13 and it amazed every time.
I think I’m the third person to make such a request; third time lucky? (grin)
All the best.
still hanging on to it Kevin….thanks for asking, but we are still in negotiations with some pubs….all best, Joe
wow what an amazing picture . i only looked at it for 2 seconds couldn’t stare at it any longer ,my head started spinning….
wooow ita a amazing view of burj khalifa, you are a lucky man. nazish khan
Wow.. Amazing top view
Wow, what a jaw-dropping experience! Climbing the Burj Khalifa must have been beyond words. Your snapshot on Instagram perfectly captures the essence of Downtown Dubai, a bustling hub that seems to have sprung up overnight.
Hats off to the Gulf Photo Plus crew, Mohamed Somji, and Hala Salhi for orchestrating such an incredible opportunity. It’s heartening to see their commitment to nurturing photography talent. And a huge round of applause to the amazing staff at Emaar – Michelle, Lejla, Waseem, Johnny, and Mike – for making this climb possible. Your hard work and dedication truly shine through.
Thank you for sharing this once-in-a-lifetime adventure with us. Your passion for photography and exploration is truly contagious! Can’t wait to hear more about your thrilling escapades.