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13-JUN-2008 CJ in CA

Wind Damage

Tree downed by high winds over neighbor's driveway
and using a little "manpower" to cut it up.

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 135.0mm iso1600 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time13-Jun-2008 04:44:30
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length135 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent1600
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge15-Jun-2008 14:01
the headless sawman! Maybe you found a new movie title!
Penny Street
ctfchallenge15-Jun-2008 13:16
Troy, no need to apologize - It's difficult to see whether an image is cropped from a larger picy and we look at the detail in an image to give us clues. In this case there's just too much compressed detail to look good at this small size. I think I will crop and reprocess this though, as I think there is too much foreground.

Rod, No he didn't exactly say it was rubbish....but notice the "vector" - he'd love that! No-one said anything about John being headless - what do you think about that? :-D CJ
Rod 15-Jun-2008 08:07
I agree wiv Tommy...........well I think I do.............he said this picy was rubbish.........didn't he:-)
Guest 15-Jun-2008 04:19
BTW, when I looked at it before I had just come back from the opthamologist and my eyes were dilated and was not focusing right.
Guest 15-Jun-2008 04:08
I'm sorry CJ. I just thought I had looked at this earlier and it looked closer now than before - that's all. Seems like I've been doing a lot of that kind of stuff lately. I think I'm becoming senile and it's getting worse every day. Don't replace it because of my comment please. Detail is very good. You captured this at the right moment.
ctfchallenge15-Jun-2008 03:20
The power of the wind surely will need more than the power of a bow saw to clean up. -COAmature
ctfchallenge14-Jun-2008 15:57
Maybe it's the jpeg compression that robs this of the detail in the image. I'll see if I can find something else to replace this. CJ
ctfchallenge14-Jun-2008 13:44
Somehow the zooming in compresses the scene and robs this of some of the power of the saw and John's effort. BTW that little hand saw will cut through a six inch log like butter. We came home in the rain on tuesday night to a driveway clogged with downed treetops but me & the handsaw reduced the mess to a pile of sticks in about 2 hrs. This weekend I have to get to work on an even bigger pile on the garage. Ugh. -tv
ctfchallenge14-Jun-2008 13:16
Troy, I'm curious, why do you think this is cropped? This is probably the only picture I've ever posted that is NOT cropped at all, LOL! I stopped my car on the county road when I saw John out cutting the tree that had fallen across his driveway during the night and zoomed in on this scene. :-) CJ
Guest 14-Jun-2008 10:12
Hi CJ. I see you cropped this a bit. Sure shows the power of wind. We experience that way too much in our area. Good shot!