"Tower of Power", At the peak altitude of 325 feet, we photograph the panamora-shoot of one of the most spectacular amusement parks in the world. With its roller coasters and simulators, Six Flags over Texas will take the breath from the physical visitors, and our panoramic photography of Six Flags over Texas will take the breath away from the virtual visitors.
It's a bird, it's a plane - it's you.
Before someone can take off on the 'Tower of Power' ride, there are many safety checks. This applies to the passengers as well as our camera, which was only screwed on and wired to a specially designed arm. Our camera and the six daring passengers were sent 325 feet up to the peak of the ride. For the passengers it was fun. For our camera, a very difficult job under amazing conditions.
SixFlags over Texas
Location: Six Flags "Over Texas" Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas - USA
Name: Superman "The Tower of Power" Ride Category: Thrill Ride Top Speed: 45 MPH Elevation: 325 feet Introduced: 2003
The 325 foot flight releases a greater level of excitement on the ground. Rob, the photographer cannot shoot perfect images at the same time as traveling on the ride. With one laptop attached to the camera and hidden in a bag underneath the seat, he was operating the camera with an other laptop on the ground.
With the remote controlled laptop he was able to operate the camera and evaluate the preview scan. After adjusting all the relevant parameter of the ViewFinder software he finally took the shoot. Our client was very excited about the result and so where we.
