Hoop Pole by hjbenson

Hoop Pole

Mark asked me to come over and take a photo that will go into an article about him and the Pine Barrens. This is by the "resting tree" on his property with a hoop pole that used to be made here over 100 years ago.

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For my other photos of today http://365project.org/hjbenson/others/2013-02-09
Awesome
February 11th, 2013  
Cool
February 11th, 2013  
Great pov. Love it.
February 11th, 2013  
cool shot...what was a hoop pole used for?
February 11th, 2013  
Great pov here - both he and the tree look impossibly tall and that hoop unusually large. Nicely done.
February 11th, 2013  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, used the new lens :)
@carrieoakey Thank you Carrie, just something a little different
@sangwann Thank you Dione, had to get down for this one
February 11th, 2013  
@cindyrez Thank you Cindy, they were used to keep wooden barrels togeher
@westcoastwallis Thank you Paula, put a rain coat on the snow and laid down on it. :)
February 11th, 2013  
how interesting - I didn't knwo what a hoop pole was used for either - great to know and a cool shot
February 11th, 2013  
I really like the POV you captured here!
February 12th, 2013  
Great shot
February 12th, 2013  
Nice to hear about these hoops - very important for the whisky or the rum in the barrel! What is a "resting' tree?
February 12th, 2013  
@sparkle Thank you Juliette, one of the many items that are no longer made
@swguevin Thank you Shelia, I was trying to make it different
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian, I enjoyed doing them for Mark
@maggiemae Thank you Maggie, barrels are important as you mentioned, the 'resting tree' was a tree that was spared from being cut down over 100 years ago.
February 12th, 2013  
Neat perspective.
February 12th, 2013  
Great angle!
February 12th, 2013  
Interesting POV :)
February 12th, 2013  
I like your shot. like the POV and the beautiful light on the tree and the shadows on the hoop pole. because it looks so big I didn't recognize it as a hoop pole around a barrel.
February 13th, 2013  
Great pov. Interesting fact about the tree and hoop pole
February 13th, 2013  
@kph129 Thank you Kristin, I wanted to try something different
@exposure4u Thank you Wendy, sometimes it pays to get down.
@naomi Thank you Naomi, I was trying to be creative
@bruni Thank you Bruni, it accomplished my goal
February 13th, 2013  
@helixconcepts Thank you Laura, all towns have interesting stories, we just have to shot and tell them for future generations
February 13th, 2013  
Nice composition and perspective! So that's what a hoop pole is! You're lucky it's still around, these days there's a likelyhood that someone would grab it for scrap metal!
February 13th, 2013  
@rhos Thank you Ann, Mark gives talks on the early life in the Pines and found these in an old house, so he keeps them for his talk
February 13th, 2013  
very cool shot!
February 15th, 2013  
that is a great shot!! very good POV, looks interesting!
February 15th, 2013  
Very nice perspective and point of view: great shot.
March 19th, 2013  
@cscecil Thank you Carolyn, it was - lying in the snow :)
@julie Thank you Julie, I tried different positions and liked this best
@morrisroos Thank you Don, I had just gotten the wide angle lens and it gave me some different views
March 19th, 2013  
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