The Trees Have Eyes by photosynthesis
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On our hikes in British Columbia, we noticed many tree stumps like this that had what looked like a spooky pair of eyes cut into them. I was curious about this & did some searches to see if I could find out why. It turns out that these actually have a name - they are called springboard notches. Loggers back in the day would cut these notches into the tree trunks, drive spikes into the notches & then place a board across the spikes. Two men would then stand on the (spring)board with a large saw & cut the tree down. Apparently, you really had to know what you were doing & do it very carefully or the results could be disastrous...
Comments (13)
jayfar
A super picture and thanks for the explanation.
Juliette.Gribnau
yes I see the eyes, but.. as often, I have troubles with your colors... what postwork do you do ?
voyaguer
Eyes with red faces and green hair - my hot tea must be spiked. No. seriously, interesting shot and great info, didn't know about two working together, Have seen lumberjack competions using an axe cut hole to put in a plank to stand on and scale up a tree to to the part he wants to cut down. Are you sure you didn't just try to bury Frankenstein? lol
abreojos
Interesting story Claude! From what I can see in this pic it doesn't looks like there are any trees that big left. Did you see any live ones this big?
dakotabluemoon
Now hat is something u do not see everyday very cool.
Faemike55
Very cool capture and explanation
photosynthesis
To Juliette.Gribnau: Not sure what you mean by "troubles with your colors"? I use HDR for a lot of my photos, including this one & usually play with brightness/contrast & vibrancy/saturation controls a little. To abreojos: Many of the large trees were cut, but there were some left standing as well. Unlike many forest trails in the U.S. I have hiked on, which often have been set aside & preserved exclusively for recreation, most of the trails we hiked on in B.C. have obviously been logged in the past & there are large stumps like this & many downed trees as well - but the forests still seem lush & healthy & are quite beautiful.
UVDan
That is unnerving and somewhat looks like a knights helmet. A beautiful picture and I have to wonder if all the lush green stuff everywhere stops forest fires there.
MrsRatbag
Interesting information, I'm glad you found out what made them! Lovely capture of this anomaly.
pimanjc
Very cool.
auntietk
We have a huge cedar stump on our place here at the campground. I've been taking pictures of it (including the notch) as I snap the progress of our newest retaining wall. When I get around to taking the pics off the camera, I'm hoping one of them turns out half this well!
mtdana
Really does look spooky – interesting history!
danapommet
It took a few seconds but I see the eyes and face!