Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Were they topping trees or cutting them completely down? Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 17:07:41 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tree Falling > > My goodness those guys were high up! I don't usually approve of cutting > trees but that certainly did improve your view. Wonderful photos. > > Tina > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:40 PM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Luggers, >> Many of you have seen the views from my Loft balcony overlooking the >> straits that lead to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island and a few of you have >> teased me about the trees that blocked the view. >> Well I take these criticisms very seriously! :-) >> And so, after two years of negotiations and some pretty adroit >> negotiations (if I do say so myself) I finally obtained the permission of >> the downhill neighbour to cut down some of his trees to restore my view. >> Yesterday "Bear" Robertson, the best tree faller on the Island, came by >> and >> in about six hours he and his crew restored the view. He and another young >> fellow, Bradley, were the climbers and cutters. Bradley is from an old >> island family and started learning to cut trees with Bear when Bradley was >> 14 - he's now about 20. Two fellows on the ground moved the cut limbs and >> sawed the fallen trunks into rounds. The tradition is the wood goes to the >> owner of the property the trees were on, but the owner has to buck the >> rounds into fire wood. My neighbour is going to be at it for years!! >> Bear's >> tree cutting service is so much in demand, because he is so good, that the >> only way to reach him is by text messaging which also complicated making >> the final arrangements. >> >> I have opened a new folder with the pictures of the whole exercise. They >> can be found here: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/trees/ >> >> and here is one teaser photo: Bear looking at the view from the top of an >> already topped tree. It is not a job for you if you have vertigo!! And you >> really need big muscles to fling around the chain saws that you haul up >> and >> down the trees. >> It is a dangerous job not for the faint of heart. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/trees/Viewlkw.jpg.html >> >> http://tinyurl.com/axwdjxj >> >> Please enjoy and look large. The pictures were taken with the M9, the >> D800E and the Fuji X Pro 1 with the 90 Elmarit on it. The cutting and >> falling goes so fast there is little time to change lenses so the need for >> so many cameras. >> >> Now I am waiting for the sunshine so I can enjoy the view. >> >> Cheers >> >> Howard (on rainy Pender - but it was still and clear yesterday when the >> trees were coming down!) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information