Last of tree trimming

On my last day at my brother's house in North Dakota he and I trimmed more tree branches.   These branches were crowding and shading the pine trees.  More importantly they went mostly straight out.  In the past when there was an early or late snow branches like this would break.

Before and after photos...

The first large branch I cut came to rest against my ladder after it was cut.

Cutting another large branch at the far end of the reach of my pole saw.