[Leica] Tree Falling

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

Well done Mister Timber.
Now is time to plant younger ones, another tradition here :-)

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 9 d?c. 12 ? 19:40, H&E Cummer a ?crit :

> 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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