Tree removal #1 by goodoleboy
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And into the wood chipper and then the truck go the amputated remains of the once majestic eucalyptus tree.
Just five out of 19 shots I took of this momentous event, captured 5/21/15 @ 3:16 pm, in an alleyway within the usually quiet confines of my condominium complex. Actually, the process was quite loud and felt like a sonic boom each time a large limb hit the pavement below.
Woodman spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough;
In youth it sheltered me,
And I'll protect it now;
'Twas my forefather's hand
That placed it near the cot,
There, woodman, let it stand,
Thy axe shall harm it not!
That old familiar tree,
Whose glory and renown
Are spread o'er land and sea,
And wouldst thou hack it down?
Woodman, forbear thy stroke!
Cut not its earth, bound ties;
Oh! spare that aged oak
Now towering to the skies!
......George Pope Morris
Cheerybye.
Comments (7)
Cyve
Fantastic serie and very great shot my friend !!!
Mulltipass
Excellent Group of Images!!!
moochagoo
I know how its difficult to remove a big tree.
Faemike55
Great set of photos I've been seeing more beautiful & stately trees being cut down
MrsRatbag
I also have been seeing way too many trees brought down around here; I don't know why they had to remove the big eucalyptus, but I'll bet it smelled lovely when they were shredding it. Sad to see the blank spaces left. Excellent series here, Harry, well done!
HopeFadesEternal
Sometimes I dislike watching trees be cut down. They can provide us with so much. However, there are times it's just a necessity that they be removed. This was the case with the Maple in the backyard. It caused damage to the sidewalk, the driveway, and our power lines ran right through the middle of it too. Not to forget the perching places it provided for bird who would like to target my car or the squirrels who would torment the dogs with their seasonal visitation. Great shots of the event and the men busy with their task of removing and cleaning up the remains.
anahata.c
I'm picking up from where I left off (I'll go back to earlier pieces, next time). And first off, you changed your avatar back! I love the car avatar, but that panda was a total surprise, and I loved it too. Well, you have great avatars, so you can change them as much as you choose; they're a world better than my tired old brush... I liked these for the subject material itself, something we don't get to see very often; for the stunning site of the beautiful eucalyptus tree in pieces on the ground; and for your montage from the original setting to labor (cutting the thing into 'slices') to the frightening sight of wood chipping. A complete cycle. But I also liked these for the action and almost abstract-collage of things, people, activities. Those sliced tree trunks are eye grabbing---so striking to see a majestic trunk sitting in "cutlets," like they were pieces of meat. And the mess by the side of that house---reminds one of many of your padlock shots and many others you've done of urban mixed imagery. Your angle on the tree-cutting shots brings out the massivity of the trunk, and yet how easy it is to slice it. (And what a grand mess all around it!) And the final shot is sans people, sans tree---just a feeder shooting the once-magnificent tree into the back of a truck...Quite a sequence. Exciting visually, and striking subject-wise. (I've heard trees fall, btw, and yes, they hit the ground like little mountains...)