mdvaden
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How do those apps and phones handle the horizontal distance between the user and the trunk?
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It is on hand from other work. I rarely do tree removals but took it out to demonstrate this potential use yesterday. If I did not have this one "on loan" around, I would buy one as soon as possible. It's even handy to know if ground in one area is higher or lower than another in relation to whether a drain line for water should go one way or the other. I'm thinking it could also let climbers know what lengths of rope or gear they may need to bring up a tree with them. When I was trying to estimate the crown spread of a Spruce tree I nominated recently, without climbing, it was fairly easy to approximate the reach of limbs using the VERTICAL height of two limbs. That told me how high one was above the other. Using that space as a gauge, it became an increment I could measure the limb length with on a photo or on the computer screen with a ruler.
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Someone gave a cost in pounds, and I don't know what the best deals are over there. Here, about $699 US dollars for the Trupulse.
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Laser Says tree tip 39 feet above ground level using VD / Vertical Distance setting. (This is a duplicate I posted on the "Buzz") Laser says put cones 39 feet away from tree using HD / Horizontal Distance setting. Math says tree tip falls 3 feet short of cones, because Tape Says felling cut 3 feet above ground. 39 - 3 = 36 The tree tip fell 2 inches from the target. Did not need to do this today, but the location was perfect down a dead-end street Culdesac to take photos for illustration. Only takes 1/2 a minute to a minute to do both measurements. Not sure how many arborists this would come in handy for, but even on short trees I would enjoy an extra quick verification about where the top should land within foot to a few centimeters accuracy. The Impulse laser is even more accurate than the Trupulse.
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After looking to see what "chuffed" means, yes ... she was definitely chuffed with that one and other too. Here's one with a big redwood too.
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Just got an email from Save the Redwoods ... got 3rd place. Also, just got back from a couple of days hiking with my daughter. And tried something different than the ordinary big tree photos this time. Took a couple of hundred shots of her with the redwood forest as a backdrop. Here's one between the campground and Stout Grove at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The reflections were nice to work with.
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Should have done this in the first post - but here's a larger view of the image kept at one of my online albums. Because at the contest finalists page, the image enlargements are fairly small.
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So this is not something done with a Tilt-Shift lens, but a computer program - yes?
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Agaricus augustus is the name of the "The Prince" File:Agaricus augustus 2011 G1.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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Sure like this one. Reminds me of Deodar Cedar cones too, the way they sit upright like ornaments. I only know a handful of fungi names, but I'm guessing reply#53 is "The Prince"
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There are also some amazing trees worldwide, even if not quite so big. I think it would be nice if there were more in the way of a worldwide or countrywide photo contest for trees too.
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Thanks. Still hanging onto the 3rd place spot, but by a thin margin - LOL
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Let's see what you can find in your files, gardens or at work for Japanese Maple trees, foliage, trunks, etc.. This one is from a weeping one outside my home office. Hinoki Cypress foliage behind. Not sure what variety this JM is. Dainty though.
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Veterans- The ultimate survivors
mdvaden replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
The Kalaloch Redcedar
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Compare that to this one.
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This redwood burl reminded me of the Lion King. At least a lion face is what is reminds me of.
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Veterans- The ultimate survivors
mdvaden replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
Not sure what the genus and species is. Crescent City, California, outside the redwood park on some privately owned property.
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Girth of which trunk? Okay ... the height I could find ... 345 feet / 105 meters The girth is a guesstimate using another photo I have looking straight on. At it's widest, it looks to be about 20 feet / 6 meters, from side to side. It's trunk is somewhat elliptical, so probably 4 meters the other way.
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LOL Was back in the same park this past week, and took photos in another area. Here is a really groovy looking redwood, but there's probably a 100% chance this pic would not be selected as a finalist next year in 2012
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Looks like the old branch is doing it's last set of sit-ups before retiring into the earth.
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No real threat of that now. So much redwood land is protected parks. State and National parks. And I think that some of the private land holders of old redwood forest are leaning more now to selective harvesting. Recent research shows that the oldest redwoods put on more wood growth per year than young trees, so it's advantageous to stretch-out the lives of the big ones and thin smaller redwoods for long-term increases.
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Thank - you. Actually, I almost voted for the Salamander, but loyalty to my pic won-out too. The Creature / Slug photo looks like a second camera lens is stuck in the shot, so I thought the Salamander was the better executed of the critter ones. Know what though ... a Sword Fern was one of last years top 3 winners.
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Your Avatar looks like somewhere we would like to be today. Been a cool July going into a possible hot weekend. Cheers.
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Thanks all. I'm still chuckling at the "Creature" shot (Banana) slug. I suspect a network of kids is pushing the votes on that one. I can hear them now "Go Slug ... Go Slug" If I can end up anywhere in the top 3, that would be nice. Cheers Mates
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Turns out that one of my photos was selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2011 Save the Redwoods League Photo Contest. From among 500 pics submitted. The public gets to vote from July 21st to August 12th. Voting Link: 2011 Redwood Photo Contest Voting Looks like some of us "Tree" finalists might need a helping hand to contend with the slug and salamander shots - LOL When the first surge of emails went out to Redwood League people, the tree and forest pics were in the top 3 positions after about 300 votes. Last night and this morning, the banana slug soared past about 5 finalists. Pretty sure that Facebook and stuff are going to influence this kind of contest. Either way, it's fun stuff.
