Tree Hugger gets last laugh .

EddieWalker · Feb 4, 2009

Great picture. That's the type of pic you need to put in a frame and hang on your office wall. Maybe use it on a business card!! Just one of those that reminds me that a picture is worth a thousand words. LOL

Eddie

Eagleview · Feb 4, 2009

It's funny you should say that , i was just doodleing in Phototshop , trying to figure out how i could easily remove the backround so i could use it in my phone book add . I think i'll stick to driving it instead

. Is there a program i can download to enable me to click on the machine to keep it and lose the rest ? I don't want to rub it out manually as it gets a little furry . I can't decide , which of the 2 photos would be best . Below is my current add but it's to hard to make the machine out . I would like to lift the image and apply it to a lighter background . I'll also add the scull and crossbones sign .

Yesterday i was in regrowth from 3"-8" in diametre , i was averaging one tree every 15-20 seconds . I worked it out i was pulling 180 trees per hour for 8 hours . I was just laying them down in rows for the farmer to scoop up with his forks . The place looked like a seen from Mt St Helens

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EddieWalker · Feb 4, 2009

Don't know of any programs myself, but hofeully somebody else does.

I noticed on your add that you mention Lantana twice. Is it a problem there? I've always thought of Lantana as one of my favorites plants. It brings in the butterflies, has good blooms most of the year that are bright and colorful. I've seen where it can get fairly overgrown on a residential home, but would never have thought of it as something you'd hire a guy with a 23 metric tonne excavator to remove!!!

Eddie

actionaj · Feb 4, 2009

Now thats the way to take down trees especially when you never have to leave the seat.

Eagleview · Feb 4, 2009

Eddie , Lantana was mentioned twice because of the two options for removing it . Either mulch it or rake it out .

It's native to South America and it is a huge problem over here , it has escaped from the garden and taken over here . River banks , forests and grazing land are being enveloped (ive been looking for a sentence to use that word in

) . Cattle die a slow and painfull death after eating it . My tractor with the 8' flail mower and hydraulic stick rake grapple are great at removing it in open areas , but the excavator is on it's own for creek banks , gullies and around trees and rocks as it can reach 30' .

This is a before , and a 10 minutes later shot of some young Lantana , i have had to remove it three times this height .

Yes actionaj , it's pretty easy . I get out of the cab at the end of the day like i got in .

kthompson · Feb 4, 2009

Eddie, you are talking about Lantana that is a flower with I think yellow or maybe other colors blooms aren't you?

Iron Horse, why do you want to remove the background of the picture? I suspect the people who do phone book ads will be able to edit it any way you want. They normally have the best in software.

Eagleview · Feb 4, 2009

I was just wanting to have a play around with several photos on different backgrounds before the ad deadline . They will not want to be doing this , they will give me thier artwork and that will be that as they are very busy .

Lantana in this photo , taking over a pasture . It gets a lot worse than this , in a bad infestation there are no gaps between the plants . 100% of the pasture is gone , any cattle that are brought into a paddock like this will die .

rox · Feb 4, 2009

I never heard of this tree before so I checked out Camphor Laurel Menace and you are right it is pretty nasty. Looks like you have a job for pretty much the rest of your life then whith your machine.
As far as your pic goes, were you not happy with just cropping it? The background once cropped I don't think is an issue. When is your deadlin for your ad?

Eagleview · Feb 4, 2009

This is my current ad for the slashing side of my business . I got the tractor image from the New Holland website . It was allready on a white background and the Local Directories changed it the Jacaranda colour (Grafton is the Jacaranda city). The tractor stands out well i think , i would like to do the same with the tree puller as all the other ads around me are just black on Yellow . I have plenty of time but would like to have a play .

charlz · Feb 5, 2009

I'm no graphic artist but I have clipped images out before for my FIL's business. Best is if you can get it on a high contrast background, like maybe on a hill with just blue sky behind it. Use the magnetic lasso tool to surround and delete various areas of the picture. You have to be zoomed in to make a neat job of it and it takes a while.

Start with the highest resolution images possible. Resize down and save to a new file for smaller sizes. Keep the hi-rez original. It's best if you don't work in JPG files as they are lossy-compression which degrades each time you save it. PNG is better but TIFF is best for your originals.