Post your "Park Bench" "or "Picnic Table" images

SteveM · 04-25-2011, 01:41 PM

Nice shot Bramela! I'm presuming it's fall in Australia

From our Easter weekend at Parksville....

**noelcmn** · 04-28-2011, 12:58 PM

From my favourite botanical gardens

SpecialK · 04-28-2011, 08:33 PM

Little Lake overlook.

**paulh** · 04-28-2011, 09:46 PM

At a local park in mid-March -

**noelcmn** · 04-29-2011, 04:44 AM

Have no idea why my pics are not loading. lets try again

nosliwmit · 04-29-2011, 08:37 PM

Here's a bench in Samcheong-Dong, Seoul:

normhead · 04-30-2011, 06:54 AM

OK, that has to take the "unusual Bench of the month" award. It should be entitled "SAY AH!"

**noelcmn** · 05-03-2011, 04:05 AM

Unusual bench in not the word. More like-sit here at yor peril kind of bench

Some more creative park benches.

normhead · 05-03-2011, 08:45 AM

That is my favourite kind of bench. Made by a crafts person with an eye for materials and the desire to create something unique. As a wood worker, I'd love to make a bench like that. It's not just a bench, it's a celebration of wood and trees. It's beauty is the difference between a material like steel or concrete , and something that was once alive and still has evidence of life in it's structure.

jgredline · 05-03-2011, 08:49 AM

**noelcmn** · 05-03-2011, 12:36 PM

Normhead, I'm with you. Except I have not actually sat in these benches, they look rather too slippery for my behind. Children simply love them. Looks like hard work went into them. The difference between wood and concrete/metal benches is of course the fact that wood perishes much faster, though these days the treatment of wood means they last a lot longer. These ones I hope, will last longer. I guess I should really try and find out what kind of wood they are made of-Tamboti maybe or Natal Mahogany.
Cheerio
Noel

normhead · 05-03-2011, 12:42 PM

Quote:

The difference between wood and concrete/metal benches is of course the fact that wood perishes much faster, though these days the treatment of wood means they last a lot longer.

Hopefully something as priceless as these ones have been soaked in Polyethylene Glycol. It's a plastic that soaks into the pores and essentially makes the wood into plastic. It makes it incredibly heavy, but ends the worries with the about the wood rotting or decaying. It's very expensive, but compared to the cost of one of those benches, well worth it.

**noelcmn** · 05-04-2011, 01:37 AM

This forum is proving very informative. Thanks Normhead.

shooz · 05-05-2011, 11:18 PM

A bit formal, but it does smell nice.
Hope you don't mind.

Jonathan Mac · 05-07-2011, 10:42 AM

I finally went out to try my hand at the Brenizer method this afternoon, and I´m reasonably pleased with the results. I used the M 85mm f/2, wide open, the camera set to 2mp jpegs. This was produced from a total of 19 shots. The full version is 15.2mp. This is cross-posted from the M club.

04-28-2011, 12:58 PM	#257
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	From my favourite botanical gardens Last edited by noelcmn; 04-28-2011 at 01:13 PM.

04-29-2011, 04:44 AM	#260
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	Have no idea why my pics are not loading. lets try again Last edited by noelcmn; 04-29-2011 at 10:11 PM.

04-29-2011, 08:37 PM	#261
nosliwmit Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Photos: Gallery Posts: 913	Bench in Seoul Here's a bench in Samcheong-Dong, Seoul: Last edited by nosliwmit; 05-13-2017 at 06:22 PM.

05-07-2011, 10:42 AM	#270
Jonathan Mac Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 10,894	I finally went out to try my hand at the Brenizer method this afternoon, and I´m reasonably pleased with the results. I used the M 85mm f/2, wide open, the camera set to 2mp jpegs. This was produced from a total of 19 shots. The full version is 15.2mp. This is cross-posted from the M club. Last edited by Jonathan Mac; 05-08-2011 at 12:17 AM.

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04-25-2011, 01:41 PM	#256
SteveM Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Vancouver Island, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,294	Nice shot Bramela! I'm presuming it's fall in Australia From our Easter weekend at Parksville....

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normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	OK, that has to take the "unusual Bench of the month" award. It should be entitled "SAY AH!"

05-03-2011, 04:05 AM	#263
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	Unusual bench in not the word. More like-sit here at yor peril kind of bench Some more creative park benches.

05-03-2011, 08:45 AM	#264
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	That is my favourite kind of bench. Made by a crafts person with an eye for materials and the desire to create something unique. As a wood worker, I'd love to make a bench like that. It's not just a bench, it's a celebration of wood and trees. It's beauty is the difference between a material like steel or concrete , and something that was once alive and still has evidence of life in it's structure.

05-03-2011, 08:49 AM	#265
jgredline Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: LosAngeles, Ca. Photos: Albums Posts: 10,628

05-03-2011, 12:36 PM	#266
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	Normhead, I'm with you. Except I have not actually sat in these benches, they look rather too slippery for my behind. Children simply love them. Looks like hard work went into them. The difference between wood and concrete/metal benches is of course the fact that wood perishes much faster, though these days the treatment of wood means they last a lot longer. These ones I hope, will last longer. I guess I should really try and find out what kind of wood they are made of-Tamboti maybe or Natal Mahogany. Cheerio Noel

05-03-2011, 12:42 PM	#267
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Quote: The difference between wood and concrete/metal benches is of course the fact that wood perishes much faster, though these days the treatment of wood means they last a lot longer. Hopefully something as priceless as these ones have been soaked in Polyethylene Glycol. It's a plastic that soaks into the pores and essentially makes the wood into plastic. It makes it incredibly heavy, but ends the worries with the about the wood rotting or decaying. It's very expensive, but compared to the cost of one of those benches, well worth it.

05-04-2011, 01:37 AM	#268
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	This forum is proving very informative. Thanks Normhead.