{"id":23941,"date":"2021-09-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=23941"},"modified":"2021-09-07T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T05:00:00","slug":"perfect-stumpie-tuesday-7th-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/07\/perfect-stumpie-tuesday-7th-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Stumpie – Tuesday 7th September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Perfect Stumpie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been thinking about what makes the perfect stumpie. Mum and I have taken so many different photos around trees recently that it has been high on both our minds. Does it have to be a stumpie at all? Does a loggie count? Then there was the question of the stump that was so hollowed out that I was more sitting inside it rather than sitting on it. Is that allowed? It has led us to have an interesting and to be honest inconclusive debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essential ingredients of a stumpie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The essential ingredients to achieve the perfect stumpie are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A camera \u2013 any camera will do. You just never know when the opportunity is going to arise, so the easier it is to carry and set up quickly the better. As you will realise, even those of us trained in being models won\u2019t wait forever and have our off days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dog \u2013 I\u2019m sure another cute animal might work, but be honest, how often do you have a spare guinea pig on you when going for a walk in the woods? You might persuade a passing squirrel to cooperate. However that means carrying a bag of nuts with you and you might find the guinea pig is lighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tree stump \u2013 but this is where the argument comes in. Can the tree be living? We found some lovely trees with trunks that split in different directions leaving a platform I could sit on. Could that be counted as a stumpie or are we into the realms of a whole different class of photograph. In its most basic form a stumpie needs a tree stump of a cut down or fallen tree. Normally a cut down one as one that falls down rarely leaves a flat surface to sit or stand on. I do like loggies but they just aren\u2019t the same as stumpies and need to be judged as a different genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n