Tools of the trade

[Geoff M]

What do you do when you are without power for 60 hours?

Get out the woodcarving chisels and chip away at a piece of timber. Still a work in progress but getting near completion.





and of course my youngest wanted to have a go too.

[Matt. K]

Geoff
Very high quality images! Nice work. Love the concept and the carvings.
What camera?

[Geoff M]

Geoff
Very high quality images! Nice work. Love the concept and the carvings.
What camera?

Thanks Matt.....What camera? Let's put it this way, I have not used the Nikons since purchasing the Fuji!

[chrisk]

Are you telling me that did that wood carving ?

[CraigVTR]

Serious talent with that carving. Hope you got through the storm ok.

[Geoff M]

Are you telling me that did that wood carving ?

I assume that should read 'Are you telling me that YOU did that wood carving ?

Yes I did, my other hobby when time permits, sadly I don't get enough time. Thanks to the storms in the past few days I did get the time along with a re-kindled desire to make an effort and find some time.

[Geoff M]

Serious talent with that carving. Hope you got through the storm ok.

Thanks Craig. Only minor branches down in our garden, all sorted in an hour. A neighbour had some large trees down across her drive and another across her car. I helped clear it with a chainsaw, took 5 hours, and just one small dent the size of a tennis ball on the boot lid of the car.

No power for such a long time was a real PIA, especially being on tank water and needing a pump to draw, and no flushing of loos! We used our water tank as a well and just used buckets to decant the water as needed. It's so nice to have a shower I can tell you. Hopefully you too fared well.

[chrisk]

Are you telling me that did that wood carving ?

I assume that should read 'Are you telling me that YOU did that wood carving ?

Yes I did, my other hobby when time permits, sadly I don't get enough time. Thanks to the storms in the past few days I did get the time along with a re-kindled desire to make an effort and find some time.

Damn me man. That unbelievable. Kudos to you.

[Remorhaz]

I reckon - really nice work

[aim54x]

Great to see that you made it through the storms! That is some seriously nice carving followed by some nice photography!

[Geoff M]

Thanks again one and all.

[zafra52]

Apart from excellent carving, I like the second
and 3rd best. I like the angle in the second and
your the capture of the suject's action and
concentration. I also like the B&W choice.

I often remember fondly when I was a kid and
our old tv broke down and we all had to sit around
the table and play monopoly, or snakes and ladders.
Any one of those times now is more precious to me
than all the hours I wasted watching tv, now of
course is computer games or chatting.