Picture Competition| $300 of prizes to be won

JohN Dee · 17th October 2008, 07:39 AM

Wow nice pics there phil/mushi.

In the night one, I took away some of the darkness and dimmed the light for yas, the edit looks heaps clearer and really shows you what is going on

phill ellison · 17th October 2008, 04:29 PM

that is clever on takening the darkness out, i didn't know you can do that. I alway wondered what i looked like in the dark

Ace Master · 17th October 2008, 04:59 PM

Number 4.It was a windy day.

Cheers

Ace

Ekka · 18th October 2008, 12:32 AM

You really shouldn't throw logs onto the EWP mate, especially from that high!

OutofMytree · 19th October 2008, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ekka

You really shouldn't throw logs onto the EWP mate, especially from that high!

Lmao. Was my 1st thought too!

OutofMytree · 19th October 2008, 04:08 AM

Question.

How do you remove 2000kg of dead Jarrah log where you have no access for a bobcat??

Answer.

Insert groundie with paddle and wait for rain.

OutofMytree · 19th October 2008, 04:16 AM

Loved those photo's leif sent in of the troll wood. We we have some pretty funky timber in WA too. This is some e.maculata ( spotted gum ). The deformation you see is quite common but this is the most extreme I have ever seen. This guy has an acreage property about 80km out of Perth. He has 365 e.maculata down his driveway. I know because I pruned em all!

JayD · 19th October 2008, 04:54 AM

OutofMyTree

That log would be a sacred log over here..LOL..You can sure see the canoe.How?, they chiseled and cut them out amazes me.Great picture.

LeifR · 19th October 2008, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutofMytree

Loved those photo's leif sent in of the troll wood. We we have some pretty funky timber in WA too. This is some e.maculata ( spotted gum ). The deformation you see is quite common but this is the most extreme I have ever seen. This guy has an acreage property about 80km out of Perth. He has 365 e.maculata down his driveway. I know because I pruned em all!

Such "elbows" are really beutiful pieces of wood to put in the lathe. I wish I had a dozen of them!
Such woods are really magic.

Here is another picture of the "troll wood". It's taken on a cold January morning. The sunrise colours are stronger in the winter here.

Leif.

Angus · 19th October 2008, 10:23 PM

Leif,
Your pictures and the subjects within them, set me back every time you post.
Thanks for sharing them!

OutofMytree · 19th October 2008, 11:22 PM

Wow. Leif every time I think you have sent us your best picture, you raise the bar a little higher. That is simply one of the most breath-taking sunset photographs I have ever seen.

Despite entering on my own behalf... This gets my vote for a winner.

OutofMytree · 19th October 2008, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JayD

OutofMyTree

That log would be a sacred log over here..LOL..You can sure see the canoe.How?, they chiseled and cut them out amazes me.Great picture.

Timber is funny stuff. A friend of mine had an arrow straight Karri log, roughly 6 meters long and a minimum of 800 mm in diameter. It sat in his yard for 6 months becuase it was too big for the small milling guys and too small for the major companies.

The "notch" that Adam is sitting in was caused by a break. How long ago it occured is is hard to say. The current owner has had the property less than 5years and it was a dead tree when they bought in.

Here is a picture of it pre removal.

You can see the power line it hung over heading in. I asked the owner if he wanted it left as a habitat tree with all the limbs removed but he decided on complete removal. Fair enough when you consider they have over 700 eucs from 8 years to 200 plus!

newguy18 · 20th October 2008, 12:04 AM

When yuo embed a pic,remove the http in the insert image box first.

Rowan the Bruce · 20th October 2008, 12:48 AM

Deadwooding some big Turkeys (Quercus cerris) this week. PA160012.JPG

LeifR · 20th October 2008, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by OutofMytree

Wow. That is simply one of the most breath-taking sunset photographs I have ever seen.

Thank you, everybody for encouraging greetings. Yes, nature is breath-taking, and some days are more intense than others. This morning I couldn't sleep, and happened to stumble over this sunrise. The picture is real, this is no photoshop-business, and I have more of them. One thing I regret: I should have taken photos with more focus on the trollwood and the sunrise as background. I have earlier posted my 5 competition pics, the reason why I didn't choose this one was that I felt there was a bit too little wood and too much sunrise according to the competition rules. I posted it here as a small greeting to OutofMytree and his trollwood picture. I am a bit afraid of messing up the competition by posting too many pics, so if I am going to post more of them I'll use the thread "My place".

I became interested in pictures as a little boy. My grandfather was one of the first photographers in this place, and I often looked at his pictures at rainy days when we couldn't play outside. He died 30 years ago, and he left me all his pics, about 750. His photowork vas very simle. Everydays motives, and sunlight to develop the pics. As a small girl, my mother counted seconds for him in the developing process.
As young he worked in a general store, and he used his first self-earned trifles to buy a camera. I'll share with you one of the first pics, taken in 1908. More accurate, this one is taken by my great-granfather with my grandfather on the haycart. The negative is on glass, and the quality is still nearly 100% one hundred years later. And by the way, modern CDs are supposed to last 30 years.(!)
If someone wonders, it is Bjoerndalen where I have made many of my other pics.
And with this, I'll leave the competition thread.
Leif.

Ekka · 26th October 2008, 05:27 PM

1.5 hours to go

Galbee · 26th October 2008, 05:41 PM

Well this is my entry i guess it will do

kiwi_tree_steve · 26th October 2008, 06:03 PM

ok here we go

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OutofMytree · 26th October 2008, 06:35 PM

Ok, you asked for it.

Look at this picture closely and ask yourself, does God have a sense of humour?

Dont quite get it???

Allow me to invert the image.

Just in case you are wondering there was a practical purpose to this photograph. After careful consideration I sent a different picture to the catholic school whose tree this is.....

Galbee · 26th October 2008, 07:19 PM

Ekka · 26th October 2008, 08:34 PM

What the judging process is each sponsor selects 3 pictures.

Then together we select the 3 best of the best and put them in order.

Ekka · 26th October 2008, 09:11 PM

Well, that was tough.

I have selected 3

newguy18 · 27th October 2008, 02:25 AM

so those are the winners?

Ekka · 27th October 2008, 08:24 AM

No, the two others have to select 3 then we decide 1st, 2nd and third

newguy18 · 27th October 2008, 09:46 AM

Okay,just curious.

kidesqu · 27th October 2008, 10:48 AM

i feel like a child

TrevMcRev · 27th October 2008, 10:31 PM

This was harder than i thought, so many great pics there, and to narrow it to 3 makes me feel like some good pics are left out but....

My top 3 in no particular order are:

LeifR · 28th October 2008, 06:02 AM

Thank you, TrevMcRev for voting for my sunrise picture. I am of course pleased to see that you like my pictures. But it is a sort of a misunderstanding that this picture is in the competition. As I have commented earlier, I was stupid enough to post this picture as a part of an interesting conversation with OutofMytree about “troll wood”. I had already posted my 5 pics, so this is the 6th one. I realize that I have messed up the competition and broken the rules. I don’t enjoy the feeling of being a cheater.
I expect that the jury will find a suitable punishment….

Leif

TrevMcRev · 28th October 2008, 07:26 AM

Oh bummer, i liked that one best of your pics, but i appreciate your forthcoming honesty.

You are still in the running for a prize as ekka chose one of your pics anyway.

I will nominate this as my replacement pic then, as i deliberated for a while over these 2...

Actually i just edited the post to keep it all together.

Thanks Leif.

Hili · 28th October 2008, 01:12 PM

Hey guys i missed the boat on the entry to the comp.

I do appologise for that.

But i will stick a couple up anyway. These are all from my corse in NZ.
15_MistyMorning.jpg

22_ClimbingRedwoods2007.jpg

72_SpeedlineRescue.jpg

75_EvanDismantling.jpg

79_MikeRigging.jpg

81_RiggingOperation.jpg

84_TreeBed.jpg

17th October 2008, 04:29 PM	#62
phill ellison Mature tree Join Date: May 2008 Location: new zealand Posts: 452	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won that is clever on takening the darkness out, i didn't know you can do that. I alway wondered what i looked like in the dark

18th October 2008, 12:32 AM	#64
Ekka Admin - Dip Arb & Hort & Seldom Wrong Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,791	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won You really shouldn't throw logs onto the EWP mate, especially from that high! __________________ TAS Training & Assessment Services\| Arb and Hort Training available here Free Online Tree Value Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online TPZ and SRZ AS4970-2009 Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online Tree Surface Area and Tree Volume Calculator by TreeWorld Free Tree and Green Industry Deep Link Directory ... Yes, I also SEO (Optimize) and build websites that fly high in Google Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist, Tree and Arborist Reports \| Project Arborist

19th October 2008, 04:54 AM	#68
JayD Moderator - Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,437	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won OutofMyTree That log would be a sacred log over here..LOL..You can sure see the canoe.How?, they chiseled and cut them out amazes me.Great picture. __________________ Level 4 Arborist

19th October 2008, 10:23 PM	#70
Angus Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 52	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Leif, Your pictures and the subjects within them, set me back every time you post. Thanks for sharing them! __________________ Angus McMahon Sherbrooke Tree Service

19th October 2008, 11:22 PM	#71
OutofMytree Former Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 345	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Wow. Leif every time I think you have sent us your best picture, you raise the bar a little higher. That is simply one of the most breath-taking sunset photographs I have ever seen. Despite entering on my own behalf... This gets my vote for a winner.

20th October 2008, 12:04 AM	#73
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 5,205	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won When yuo embed a pic,remove the http in the insert image box first. __________________ Have your say join us today. I ship USA saws out of the USA old schooler

20th October 2008, 12:48 AM	#74
Rowan the Bruce Sappling Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kernow - UK Posts: 16	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Deadwooding some big Turkeys (Quercus cerris) this week. PA160012.JPG

26th October 2008, 05:27 PM	#76
Ekka Admin - Dip Arb & Hort & Seldom Wrong Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,791	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won 1.5 hours to go __________________ TAS Training & Assessment Services\| Arb and Hort Training available here Free Online Tree Value Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online TPZ and SRZ AS4970-2009 Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online Tree Surface Area and Tree Volume Calculator by TreeWorld Free Tree and Green Industry Deep Link Directory ... Yes, I also SEO (Optimize) and build websites that fly high in Google Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist, Tree and Arborist Reports \| Project Arborist

26th October 2008, 06:03 PM	#78
kiwi_tree_steve Mature tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 344	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won ok here we go 20081014-001.JPG 20081014-002.JPG __________________ "You have to feel and touch a tree" Shigo

26th October 2008, 07:19 PM	#80
Galbee Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,190	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won

26th October 2008, 08:34 PM	#81
Ekka Admin - Dip Arb & Hort & Seldom Wrong Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,791	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won What the judging process is each sponsor selects 3 pictures. Then together we select the 3 best of the best and put them in order. __________________ TAS Training & Assessment Services\| Arb and Hort Training available here Free Online Tree Value Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online TPZ and SRZ AS4970-2009 Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online Tree Surface Area and Tree Volume Calculator by TreeWorld Free Tree and Green Industry Deep Link Directory ... Yes, I also SEO (Optimize) and build websites that fly high in Google Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist, Tree and Arborist Reports \| Project Arborist

26th October 2008, 09:11 PM	#82
Ekka Admin - Dip Arb & Hort & Seldom Wrong Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,791	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Well, that was tough. I have selected 3 __________________ TAS Training & Assessment Services\| Arb and Hort Training available here Free Online Tree Value Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online TPZ and SRZ AS4970-2009 Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online Tree Surface Area and Tree Volume Calculator by TreeWorld Free Tree and Green Industry Deep Link Directory ... Yes, I also SEO (Optimize) and build websites that fly high in Google Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist, Tree and Arborist Reports \| Project Arborist

27th October 2008, 02:25 AM	#83
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 5,205	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won so those are the winners? __________________ Have your say join us today. I ship USA saws out of the USA old schooler

27th October 2008, 08:24 AM	#84
Ekka Admin - Dip Arb & Hort & Seldom Wrong Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,791	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won No, the two others have to select 3 then we decide 1st, 2nd and third __________________ TAS Training & Assessment Services\| Arb and Hort Training available here Free Online Tree Value Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online TPZ and SRZ AS4970-2009 Calculator by TreeWorld Free Online Tree Surface Area and Tree Volume Calculator by TreeWorld Free Tree and Green Industry Deep Link Directory ... Yes, I also SEO (Optimize) and build websites that fly high in Google Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist, Tree and Arborist Reports \| Project Arborist

27th October 2008, 09:46 AM	#85
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 5,205	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Okay,just curious. __________________ Have your say join us today. I ship USA saws out of the USA old schooler

27th October 2008, 10:48 AM	#86
kidesqu Sappling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Argentina Posts: 13	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won i feel like a child

27th October 2008, 10:31 PM	#87
TrevMcRev Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,433	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won This was harder than i thought, so many great pics there, and to narrow it to 3 makes me feel like some good pics are left out but.... My top 3 in no particular order are: __________________ Total Tree Care - Melbourne Arborist Reports & Consulting,Tree Pruning & Removal \| Elm Leaf Beetle Treatment Melbourne www.treegear.com.au - Australia's Best Value Arborist Supplies Last edited by TrevMcRev; 28th October 2008 at 07:22 AM.

28th October 2008, 06:02 AM	#88
LeifR Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 260	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Thank you, TrevMcRev for voting for my sunrise picture. I am of course pleased to see that you like my pictures. But it is a sort of a misunderstanding that this picture is in the competition. As I have commented earlier, I was stupid enough to post this picture as a part of an interesting conversation with OutofMytree about “troll wood”. I had already posted my 5 pics, so this is the 6th one. I realize that I have messed up the competition and broken the rules. I don’t enjoy the feeling of being a cheater. I expect that the jury will find a suitable punishment…. Leif __________________ My place - Bjørndalen. http://www.youtube.com/user/MultiVoff

28th October 2008, 07:26 AM	#89
TrevMcRev Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,433	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Oh bummer, i liked that one best of your pics, but i appreciate your forthcoming honesty. You are still in the running for a prize as ekka chose one of your pics anyway. I will nominate this as my replacement pic then, as i deliberated for a while over these 2... Actually i just edited the post to keep it all together. Thanks Leif. __________________ Total Tree Care - Melbourne Arborist Reports & Consulting,Tree Pruning & Removal \| Elm Leaf Beetle Treatment Melbourne www.treegear.com.au - Australia's Best Value Arborist Supplies

28th October 2008, 01:12 PM	#90
Hili Sappling Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 40	Re: Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won Hey guys i missed the boat on the entry to the comp. I do appologise for that. But i will stick a couple up anyway. These are all from my corse in NZ. 15_MistyMorning.jpg 22_ClimbingRedwoods2007.jpg 72_SpeedlineRescue.jpg 75_EvanDismantling.jpg 79_MikeRigging.jpg 81_RiggingOperation.jpg 84_TreeBed.jpg

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