On 08/20/2015 10:27 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:07:17 -0500
wrote:

I still think it's odd that those he's cutting are apparently pretty
tall (or the video is shot for the effect ) and have such a long
log before any signs of branching and the very smooth bark. I
couldn't find a sample picture that looked anything whatever like his
altho I did _finally_ find one labelled as "Tasmanian" shot from a
distance that at least did a have a bit of a trunk and didn't look
quite so rough bark as the bulk did. Perhaps there's a difference in
Australia vis a vis Tasmanian as I think almost if not all the rest
were Australian.

couple of things
look in previous post about scribner's book
in there they talk about choosing a tree to fell and how the location
influences the tree growth

on the edge of the forest
in the middle of the forest and the like

that tree was in the middle so it was reaching for sunlight
there was no benefit for growing branches out the sides
....

Sure, that can explain the trunk; doesn't explain the smooth bark vis a
vis all the other sample shots of the species...

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