Tree-felling in Istanbul (video 4:26)
One morning while on holiday in Istanbul, I heard a chainsaw in the street. I tried to ignore it but it was a really intrusive noise and I wondered what was taking such a hammering. I looked out of the window and was perturbed to see a man cutting down the large Acacia tree (I think) in the yard of the house opposite. A large part of the tree was already gone but I grabbed my camera to get some video of the remainder of the tree being so sadly dismembered.
It all looked very dangerous as the huge limbs and their crowns of leaves crashed onto the roof and into the yard below - with no safety precautions being taken. Within half an hour, the lovely tree was completely gone.
Additional credits:
Ambient sounds by genghis attenborough
