sean

aye!.....beautiful crown she's got:thumbup1:

will definately be recording for ATF....also to re photograph the other side in the morning light......amazing tree............residual holding wood is on remaining half of stem is minimal.....always wonder whether we should intervene to preserve as long as poss or just let it be?

A fine old Ash pollard i came across today.....completely hollow with only half a trunk. This cannot be seen in photos as the sun was in the wrong position.....will go back on a morning to photograph other side.

cheers that all sounds positive.

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A fantastic veteran Plane in the middle of an old Woodland in Bristol.

Not crazy arsed but a fantastic old Plane in the middle of an old woodland in Bristol.

The pictures of the kids are brilliant!! Bristols great....really glad we made the move........so many small old woodlands dotted throughout the city and surrounding areas......so limited as to what photos i can take because of the state of the camera. Toying with the option of repair or trading my old fuji 6x9 film camera for a decent dslr. So reluctant to let it go though but have to look at the benefits of a swap. Been busy busy so a little quiet as a result. Pop in from time to time. Crazy arsed imagery? Takes a crazy arsed photographer to know one.

very nice piccies David.

personally i think you 2 should either a/ have a private chat or b/ shut the thread and get on with more important stuff.......

he has contributed stuff since that post....

As far as i can see Tony has reasons although he hasnt stated that he is leaving.......nothing has gone on apart from what is out in the open. His input will be missed of course but the site will still flourish a before......end of really.

amazing...me and my little one found it nerve racking......

is that a cardboard cutout hama?

Hama wont be around to give feed back....he's done one. But.....as i taught him pretty much all he knows i will give my opinion......nice!

nice:001_smile:

"The small brained animal, primed to hate, straining at the end of a short leash, is universally recognised as bad news. And the dog, his yelloweyed, drooling familiar, the killing machine, is not much better. The relationship is a mistake, a dangerous misconception, a perversion of actual needs. The dog as protector becomes the very thing that must be protected against, squat embodiment of threat. Man curses this creature, thrashes it with a chain in a ferocious show of love. If it were possible he'd wear that burnished pelt like a new vest, the dogs snarling mask in place of his own. He's zip himself inside the hot skin and take the world by the throat.The dog channels, gives sculptural form to prodigious spite. Jolts of electric tension pass through the links of the chain. The man believes he is tethered to an heraldic cartoon, his own courage expressed in meat form. His phallic extension has achieved independence and swaggers beside him, twins that would put the Krays to shame. The dog is prick with teeth. Its balls are so heavy it rolls from side to side in a ruptured waddle. The ultimate carnivore, incests glory." Ian Sinclair 'Lights out for the territory'

Thats fantastic!!!!

Cheers.....it really was a special morning. TRhe light was amazing:001_smile:

cheers chaps.

didnt you just say that generalisations suck?

i love this trio of fistulina inside an ancient oak..... Daldinia obviously.... any takers on the other.....also inside hollowed oak:confused1:

was supposed to finally have a lie in today....nothing was going to get me up......forgot to turn my work alarm off.....6.15 beep beep beep......got up went to ashton court.....glad i did now.

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Love this one...its brilliant. Yin and Yang :thumbup: