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Beats working

fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
edited February 27, 2004 in The Big Picture
We had the tree pruners come out today to whack back an overgrown camphor tree and trim a few big hedges. Needless to say, I had to pull out the camera. Crappy light, crappy angles, and I'm not all that pleased with the shots from the 17-40L. I'll have to keep working at it. I think that lens really needs f8-f11 and handheld, I couldn't go smaller than f5.6.

Here's the Camphor tree just after they started working at it. It's been a rat freeway onto the roof of the garage.

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I should have moved the cymbidium. Looks like it's time for a dump run too :lol

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All the gear all the time. I guess squinting keeps most of the sawdust out of your eyes. :huh

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Crusty stump grinder man.

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You don't want to get your arm sucked into this thing. It barely slowed down when a 3" diameter branch went through it.

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All done. I guess that's more of a French job than a Brazillian, huh? :wink

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"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2004
    Why didnt your camera freeze the shredder ?

    Noxious weed over here
    http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/show_weed_in_category.asp?ID=6

    The older stuff does have a beautiful pattern in it if you have ever seen it turned.
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    fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
    Why didnt your camera freeze the shredder ?
    1/200s isn't fast enough to stop a 5k RPM shredder.
    Noxious weed over here
    http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/show_weed_in_category.asp?ID=6

    The older stuff does have a beautiful pattern in it if you have ever seen it turned.
    And they smell wonderful.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2004
    Jeepers you trimmed that tree! Reminds me of my first crewcut. That guy with the walrus mustache would have been a good subject for a shot.
    Sid.
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