[Leica] Tree Falling

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Congratulations, Howard!  I was one of those who teased you about the trees. 
Enjoy the new view.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&E Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 12:40 PM
Subject: [Leica] Tree Falling


> 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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