Acer palmatum sharp's pygmy [#07]

Thanks DJ! It is not quite a straight look into the length of the trunk as you might expect. Look at pics of this tree in leaf and see how much it gets covered in front. I do think though that a few small areas would benefit from a bit more ramification. But only time will allow me that.
your right, i checked your website and it looks real good in leaf, not sure why i was thinking that..
 
Good question Lars. I have thought a lot about this branch. Cannot cut it off since it will flatten the image. A solution would be to turn the tree slightly. I will have to look at this in the spring. I remember looking very carefully at other angles and it seemed to me that they would degrade the image. I need to look again. It does not bother me when I look at the entire image in front of me but I know based on the rules is a no no. Is this a case of successful rule braking??

It's interesting you say it looks flat without it. At first glance on the image today I didn't really even see it because it overlaps with the trunk, especially with the contrast of the black background.

I personally think you should keep it, but I was also pretty confident you had thought long and hard about it =)
 
If it were mine I think that first branch coming straight toward the viewer would have to go,but beautiful either way Serg
 
I love this image! It's so nice to see the advancement of this tree in that amount of time. Must be like a child so precious to you, @MACH5.


Thanks T! It is often surprising how much trees change in just a few years. I often like to put these side by side comparisons to see. Of course the hope is always to find that your tree is moving forward.

Unfortunately, I never took pics of the tree when I first bought it. The 2013 image already shows the tree with quite a bit of work done to it.
 
Gorgeous tree, and wonderful progression! Plus I REALLY like that pot!!!

Aaron


Thanks Aaron! Reiho pot I purchased under the suggestion of Bill at the 2015 Taikan-ten exhibition. Somewhere here I talked and joked about the smell of the pot. Last winter I buried it under my compost pile to age it up a bit. It stayed there for several months. When I took it out, it smelled very badly for several weeks thereafter. :eek:
 
Thanks Aaron! Reiho pot I purchased under the suggestion of Bill at the 2015 Taikan-ten exhibition. Somewhere here I talked and joked about the smell of the pot. Last winter I buried it under my compost pile to age it up a bit. It stayed there for several months. When I took it out, it smelled very badly for several weeks thereafter. :eek:
Ha! I remember that at a BBS mtg. You asked what I thought about that pot and I said "it stinks"....It is a beautiful pot, but oooohhh that smell fresh out of the compost...whew!... Haha...

Merry Christmas to you and your family.
 
Thanks Aaron! Reiho pot I purchased under the suggestion of Bill at the 2015 Taikan-ten exhibition. Somewhere here I talked and joked about the smell of the pot. Last winter I buried it under my compost pile to age it up a bit. It stayed there for several months. When I took it out, it smelled very badly for several weeks thereafter. :eek:
If you're gonna get a tree that smells like semen then no biggie, right? :p
 
Ha! I remember that at a BBS mtg. You asked what I thought about that pot and I said "it stinks"....It is a beautiful pot, but oooohhh that smell fresh out of the compost...whew!... Haha...

Merry Christmas to you and your family.


Yes I remember! :D:D Thanks Will you + family as well! :)
 
If you're gonna get a tree that smells like semen then no biggie, right? :p


LMAO!! Yeah I suppose so! :p:D


EDIT: Let me explain for those that do not know. I recently posted on the want to buy forum about wanting a bradford pear. These trees, some say, when in flower, to have a rotting fish with semen type of smell!! :eek:
 
Thanks Aaron! Reiho pot I purchased under the suggestion of Bill at the 2015 Taikan-ten exhibition. Somewhere here I talked and joked about the smell of the pot. Last winter I buried it under my compost pile to age it up a bit. It stayed there for several months. When I took it out, it smelled very badly for several weeks thereafter. :eek:

Did that process work?
 
The only thing that would concern me a little ( and I mean just a little...for the future) M5, is that area 1 might be a bit to strong and interfere with the development of area 2..

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The only thing that would concern me a little ( and I mean just a little...for the future) M5, is that area 1 might be a bit to strong and interfere with the development of area 2..

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This is why we have balancing techniques in bonsai. Area two does need to fill in a little, but simply letting it extend a bit longer than everything else and pruning back later will strengthen the area. Also leaf cutting techniques on area one will both create a sugar loss weakening the strong areas and let light in to help area two.

Bonsai is all about balance, which happens to be one of the most important words we use. Balance not only in design, but in aesthetic and psychology as well.
 
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. Area two does need to fill in a little, but simply letting it extend a bit longer than everything else and pruning back later will strengthen the area. Also leaf cutting techniques on area one will both create a sugar loss weakening the strong areas and let light in to help area two.

Leaf cutting would not solve this problem Andrew. It would make it worse by increasing density and further shading the lower part. Shortening by pruning is the way.
 
This is why we have balancing techniques in bonsai. Area two does need to fill in a little, but simply letting it extend a bit longer than everything else and pruning back later will strengthen the area. Also leaf cutting techniques on area one will both create a sugar loss weakening the strong areas and let light in to help area two.

Bonsai is all about balance, which happens to be one of the most important words we use. Balance not only in design, but in aesthetic and psychology as well.
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Leaf cutting would not solve this problem Andrew. It would make it worse by increasing density and further shading the lower part. Shortening by pruning is the way.

There is more then one way to skin a cat gents
 
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