[Leica] Tree Falling

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

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
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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!)
> 
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