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Subject: [Leica] Tree Falling
From: barry98 at telus.net (Barry Hinderks)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:55:37 -0800
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+1. 
Barry

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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
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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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Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] Tree Falling)
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Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Tree Falling)