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Here's some shots from yesterday..a couple are of my neighbor's crimson king maple just leafing out as it flowers. My other neighbor has a common norway. This tree and another common norway grew as seeds from the older tree, I think. Odd that the smallest one is the nice colored tree. The rest are from the Lake Wa Ship Canal locks, specifically Commodore Park, which I've been visiting regularly for a few years now. For being right in town, the numbers and variety of wildlife to view and photograph is outstanding. There's also viewing windows for when the salmon run. Spotted a harbor seal yesterday...only the head..looked rather large, but I don't think it was a sea lion. Those guys hang out at the entrance to the canal by Shilshole and all the way to the locks, and eat way too many salmon! As do the cormorants.

Happy New Year to All!! I went down to Lake Union to photograph the scene, and hopefully the Space Needle Fireworks Show. But the fog rolled in at 11;30, so I drove to near the Space Needle for the fireworks, but the fog was too thick to see the top. And there were cars and people everywhere, so I couldn't find a good viewing location. I managed one barely recognizable image. Maybe next year. However, I think the overall scene images are pretty good. You can see a few of the best here... Seattle Lake Union Space Needle New Year - a set on Flickr some were shot using the Canon 5D Mark III's in camera HDR feature, which takes three images at varying light levels and combines them for the best shot with enhanced dark areas and no blown out highlights. A couple others are multiple exposures, also done in camera, and my first successful ones. This a new option with digital SLR's. I like it. Comments and critiques welcomed!! Here, I zoomed in during the 5 second exposure

Well, for those who still enter trees the old school way...ummm.. just hump more backpage or craigslist can help:lol:

I would post up, mate...but 98% of my old stuff is in 35 mm slide format...and my slide scanner is kaput.........bummer, as I'd really like to digitize my old images...especially a few hundred of my best skiing stuff from when I was getting published often.... I could choose 100 or so and pay to get em scanned, of course...but I'm cheap....and busy..as you know...trying to nail the bad guys and more.,....

Welllll, with 40 some odd years in the industry, and having run scads of saws...in the 3 cube class, the 346 is king. Back in the late 1980's I had the first light 3 cuber, a Jonsered 520SP. It had great power. Later, I was under impressed with the 026.....then, in 2002, I started amassing woods ported saws. I had a Solo 651, Shindaiwa 488 and a 346. The 346 was the best. Since then I've had a fully woods ported Dolmar 5100S and a muffler modded one see vid [ame] [/ame] I now have one 45 cc 346 and the new 50cc model, which is lower revving but has gobs of torque. Both are modded, and the 50cc saw was 54% faster than stock in the video that the builder provided. It is easily the best 3 cuber I've owned, and will keep up with a stock 70 cc saw in fair sized wood!

nice tip, young feller... or is it faller BTW, I'd JONG ya...but this ain't TGR....

nice tip, young feller... or is it faller

Fixed it for ya...

I climbed a pine, then pulled up a pack loaded with water, two camera, and my big 6 pound 300 m lens, in order to look down at the ospreys, that I've been following since April 18, when I started this set with a bang...well, birds don't actualy copulate as do mammals..but they appeared to be having fun.... the latest shots in the show are from yesterday's climb...Ballard Ospreys - a set on Flickr Dad bringing dinner! Coming back in for a visit. The older and more robust of the two chicks flexing

Man, those prices are mighty steep! Out here in the PNW, it's orchard country. I have bought Tallman ladders direct from them....for under $200 for a 12 footer...also have a 7 footer. I've never had a 16 (about 4.8 meters) but wouldn't mind having one.

Aw bollocks, you brits don't know chite... It clearly a nothofaggot......errr fagus.....

Two months after I captured the osprey mating--repeatedly--- the fledglings have hatched. I've added the new images to the slide show....Dad bringing in a tasty treat and the young heads popping up. that was last Wednesday, I think. Link

True about distribution and dealers. However, I love the power of the 7900, and, of course, the only difference between the Dolmar and Makita is color . I have a 6401 with a 79 cc kit in it, so it's effectively a 7901. I've barely used it, but did port the muffler. I have another 6401, with a new jug in the box. I may send that one to Mastermind (Arborist site member) to have it ported...along with my 75 cc 372XPG.....I also have had a Dan Henry woods ported 7900 for 8 years. It's still going strong, and is a near match for my dual port muffler stock 660 Stihl. That said, a woods ported 372 is as good or better. And both will usually outperform a ported 460.

5 times in 2 hours?!! Wowsers! To make this more like a movie, choose options on the upper right, then "fast" Ballard Ospreys Here's the set, which has a description Ballard Ospreys - a set on Flickr I wrote: Shortly after the pair returned from the South, they were greeted with their new platform nest, which they took right to. On this April 18 day, my first visit to the new nest, I was treated to a bawdy show, as the pair mated 5 times while many looked on--perhaps the crows and pigeons as well! " Since I shot this April 18, I've learned how to set the camera to get more in focus action shots. Also, just Tuesday, I got the latest camera which has vastly improved auto focus, along with other new features. But it, like my Canon 5D Mark ll, which it replaced, is a full frame camera. The 7D, which I shot most of the osprey images with, has a smaller sensor, which means it is better for long telephoto shots.

Back in 1969, I visited the Bristlecone Forest in Cali's White Mtns, and saw Methuselah. It is no longer marked, so visitors have to guess as to its identity these days. There's also the story about Prometheus, and how it, estimated to be even older, was cut down... In Ancient Pines, a Startling Shift in Tree Rings - NYTimes.com

Yo Reg...Great video for sure. I love the way you have your access line routed through three trees. Great for that RW SRT, I'm sure. And good work with the drift lining and winching. Sweet also was squeezing in the crane in such a tite spot that they had to suck in the off side outriggers, which gave them a lighter load chart....prolly no big deal as the trees were quite light. If I came up to see ya, I'd be afraid that if I brought the woods ported 346, I'd have to sleep with it , or you'd abscond with the little beast. :001_tt2:Same might go for my ported Jonsy 2139T, which would make that poor 201 hide in embarrassment.

Yo scots, You got your answer from Reg...but I'll confirm it....and I've been working in the same area and in big conifers for 38 years. Never had one split the way a maple or cottonwood might.

My 346 NE has no decomp button. It's been fully woods ported, so has about 180# compression, but doesn't need the button. Best small saw I've ever used. I saw this thread last night, but came here again via a search, looking for feedback on the new replacement for the awesome 346, which is the 550. I thought I'd seen some talk here about it.Dunno w hen it's going to be released here in the US of Eh..... By the way, I've had two of the ported 46 cc model, which also scream. All are close to 50% faster than the stocker saw. Less torque than the NE, as others have noted.

All you young whippersnappers quit complainin' and just get up the freakin' tree . Shoot!! I'm pretty sure I climbed my first tree in 1951 or 2......and first got paid for the fun in 1972...... ..and still enjoy it...AND can still school 99% of you bastages.... 10.5 foot giant sequoia removal - a set on Flickr And have no plans to quit..or slow down much..at least till the mid 21st century. Of course cranes help......Pat started this tree, then I did the crane brushing out, and he broke his crane cherry by doing the wood picks. And I cheated and got a Wraptor a coupla years ago. Wheeeee!!!

Shocking public sex acts This amorous osprey pair were going at it all day. I shot close to 9 gigs of raw and jpeg images yesterday. osprey, eagle, common seagulls, flicker, barrow's golden eye, crows, cormorant, thrush, blue heron, sparrow, chickadee, were all sighted.

Nice work, Martyn. Shooting trees in overcast conditions is challenging. The background (sky) will be many stops brighter than the subject. The easiest way to compensate for this is to use the exposure compensation setting. Choose an auto mode, program, A/V or T/V, then apply at least one stop of exposure compensation. You can also put the camera in spot metering mode, and set the exposure by pressing the shutter halfway down while aiming the center or chosen focus point at the main subject. Exposing for the subject will result in a washed out background. Spend some time reading your manual, and shooting test shots to familiarize yourself both with the camera and actual conditions.

Aye, they be the bee's knees for that curious task!!

err, not so fast...!! I have a wood ported 3120, which is prolly putting out close to 13 hp.... I've mounted a 20" bar on it a couple times, with a 9 tooth sprocket to run at logging shows. Needless to say, she will cut some wood...... I've had it since the early '90's...had it ported in 2002. It may be a tad down in power....if so, not much though, after re-ringing it and putting a nice new crosshatch on the cylinder. Before porting, I was underimpressed with the saw..Now, it takes a heck of a lot of leaning on to slow it down, in softwoods, even with its normal 42" square filed skip .404 chain......It will pull a 5 foot bar as well, and has no problem with the 6 foot...the one time I broke it out.....that was on the 10.5 foot giant sequoia we murdered nearly two years ago. For those who missed it, here's a slide show...sorry for the derail. 10.5 foot giant sequoia removal

I know that you mean 2100..... That saw will pull a 60" bar.....it has gobs of torque. Less power than a 3120. I have each, and have run them with a 60", not milling, mind you.

Too bad I'm half a world away. I'm debating getting another 346XP, which of course I would have woods ported right off. I don't think these new saws lend themselves to mods as well as the old ones. And my 346 cuts like a stock 70 cc saw...or close, at least if the wood is moderately sized.