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Don't look down! Real-life Spiderman snaps vertigo-inducing images after scaling Detroit buildings

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These are the vertigo-inducing images taken by a real-life spider-man who scales derelict buildings to take astonishing birds-eye view shots.



Daredevil Dennis Maitland, 24, climbed into lift shafts, up former office blocks and over the edge of balconies to snap the incredible pictures.



And the professional photographer then sat atop the structures and took a birds-eye picture looking directly down.



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Dennis Maitland climbed into lift shafts, up former office blocks and over the edge of balconies to snap the incredible pictures.



He said: 'Everyone says they get this queasy feeling in their stomach after looking at my pictures.



'Others you can see start to feel symptoms of vertigo. I've even had a few people say to me that I'm crazy and my work must be a cry for help, which it definitely isn't.'



He set about clambering up some of the run-down town's most decrepit sites and snapping a pic from the edge of its highest point.



He added: 'I wanted to capture a different perspective of Detroit. People have seen it from the ground and how buildings are left to ruin.



'But I wanted to show it from above, so decided to climb them instead.



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Professional photographer, Dennis Maitland, sat atop structures and took a birds-eye picture looking down.



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Dennis Maitland took the first snap in August 2011 and hasn't stopped since.



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The photographer was born and raised in Detroit and decided to return and document its decay following the demise of the motor industry.



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Dennis Mairland set about clambering up some of the run-down town's most decrepit sites and snapping a pic from the edge of its highest point.



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Dennis Maitland doesn't use any safety or climbing equipment in the course of his photography.



Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-scaling-Detroit-buildings.html#ixzz1rGbxtDoo



Question: Did you get a queasy feeling in your stomach after looking at these pictures?
 
Funny I have Vertigo which then leads onto panick attacks, But I'm not effected by those pictures.

The second photo is a brilliant picture!
 
I don't feel queasy looking at these pictures. There are some great pictures but the fact I can see his feet in them, ruins them for me.
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Nope, no queasiness for me. Cool pics, though.



I do get that feeling in certain games, though (when falling)
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