Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1. Barry Sent from my iPad On 2012-12-10, at 10:26 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I like your view and the photos, but I cannot help thinking that it is > frivolous to cut down such magnificent trees just for the sake of view... > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > > On Dec 9, 2012, at 7:40 PM, H&E Cummer 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information