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Looks like a good, straightforward job. Good choice for your first crane job. You'll be fine. :thumbup:

Oh congrats on those great looking kids. Thats something to be proud of. 8) Did I do that right?

No Jay, I believe the operator overloaded the sling before the cut was made.

No, the load scale on the crane which tells the crane operator the amount of load on the crane.

Learn your basic hand signals for 'boom up', 'boom down', 'cable up', 'cable down' and 'stop'. Here's the OSHA page showing their official hand signals, although in tree work the hand signals I used have been slightly different (hard to see a thumb up or down from 150' away)...

The big thing to remember on crane work is to 'aim for the sky' when making your cuts. On a more horozontal limb, don't cut from the top down so the crane has to 'catch' it after it falls. You want to cut from the bottom up so the crane can lift the log off the cut.