hmzimelka wrote:
These are young Blue Gum plantations near Magoebaskloof and Tzaneen, South Africa.
Thanks, the bark didn't look right for Teak which is why I asked. I have bought Teak directly from the plantations In South Africa before. I had it custom milled for a big spec house I was building here in La Jolla. I used over 9KM of Teak planks in that house. I even had all the doors and windows milled in Italy from that wood. I was going for a resort style home. South Africa was the only place that could supply the consistent wood in that kind of quantity. It is beautiful. I still see that house everyday since it is just down the street from the house I live in. Here is a link to some images of that house. Last sold for almost 10 million dollars.
This guy maintains a drives a huge steam driven tractor at our local steam powered farm and industry museum. Amazing Mesozoic Era looking machines. This guy looks the part perfectly.
1bwana1 wrote:
Thanks, the bark didn't look right for Teak which is why I asked. I have bought Teak directly from the plantations In South Africa before. I had it custom milled for a big spec house I was building here in La Jolla. I used over 9KM of Teak planks in that house. I even had all the doors and windows milled in Italy from that wood. I was going for a resort style home. South Africa was the only place that could supply the consistent wood in that kind of quantity. It is beautiful. I still see that house everyday since it is just down the street from the house I live in. Here is a link to some images of that house. Last sold for almost 10 million dollars.
This guy was standing there waiting for his family to come out of the restroom which is off frame to image right. I very much liked the colors and composition of the scene. However, he kept eyeing me unfriendly like to see if I was taking his picture. So I did the old range focus thing, and shot without bringing the camera to my eye as he looked away. This requires shooting wide a bit to fix crop, and level, but still plenty of pixels left.
