Ulmus Parvifolia Yatsubusa

[cmeg1]

Hey,this looks awesome Fred!

 

[MACH5]

It really does!! I love this tree Fred! But now it should be more accurately described as a forest composition.

 

[JudyB]

I like it in the current pot just fine, but I wonder if you could do it in a suiban sort of container as that would complete the idea that you are going for in my mind.
Looking good this year, glad to cast my eyes on it again.

 

[fredtruck]

Thanks, Cmeg1, MACH5 and JudyB for your comments.

I think you're right, MACH5, it is a forest composition.

JudyB, I will think about the suiban container idea. Maybe also a slab . I have to say that this tree has given me fits insofar as pot selection is concerned. I will think about your suiban idea. Thanks!

 

[coh]

You know, I've often looked at those elms on Brent's page, and wondered what one would do with them. For the most part they just don't look very "tree-like" to me. But the idea to turn one into a "mountain with trees" is brilliant! Great solution.

 

[fredtruck]

Actually, as I never tire of saying, MACH5 gave me the idea.

 

[fredtruck]

I recently found a new pot for Mountain with Trees. It's an old Yamaaki pot, with a very complicated glaze. The pot is done in the pinched rim style. The container damage from last week's direct wind storm forced my hand so I slip potted the Mountain this afternoon. Here it is:

 

[cmeg1]

Awesome ,Fred.....Ocean Mountain with Trees!
Great bonsai.

 

[M. Frary]

I recently found a new pot for Mountain with Trees. It's an old Yamaaki pot, with a very complicated glaze. The pot is done in the pinched rim style. The container damage from last week's direct wind storm forced my hand so I slip potted the Mountain this afternoon. Here it is:

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Have you ever thought about something unglazed for this tree Fred?

 

[fredtruck]

Have you ever thought about something unglazed for this tree Fred?

I have

Yes, I have. The first pot I used was rectangular, unglazed and about 18" wide. The second one I used was red clay and 12.4"x8" tall. I loved the red clay pot, but it really didn't work well with the tree.

 

[M. Frary]

have

I'm sorry. I didn't go all the way back to the beginning to look and forgot you had it in one.

 

[Giga]

I recently found a new pot for Mountain with Trees. It's an old Yamaaki pot, with a very complicated glaze. The pot is done in the pinched rim style. The container damage from last week's direct wind storm forced my hand so I slip potted the Mountain this afternoon. Here it is:

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Looks fantastic, and i'm not trying to be critical but the picture is so blurry I can't see the detail, just the overall shape

 

[fredtruck]

That's ok, it caused me no problems reciting past containers.

 

[barrosinc]

I recently found a new pot for Mountain with Trees. It's an old Yamaaki pot, with a very complicated glaze. The pot is done in the pinched rim style. The container damage from last week's direct wind storm forced my hand so I slip potted the Mountain this afternoon. Here it is:

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I think you need to lower the amount of post processing of bonsai images.
Nice pot by the way

 

[fredtruck]

Over time, I've become unhappy with the lack of detail of past photographs of Mountain with Trees. I decided to do a stitched image. I made 13 closeups of my bonsai and assembled them using the automate feature of Photoshop. The result was a mess. I've had this happen before. The solution is to assemble smaller pieces. In this instance, I wound up dividing the 13 images into 3 rows. Then I stitched them together by hand.

 

[M. Frary]

Why not just take a picture without none of those effects?
Just a regular picture.

 

[fredtruck]

I let the tree get very full to give it a rest from constant pruning back.



I waited about 20 days, and then gave the tree shape, again.

 

[fredtruck]

Here is Mountain with Trees with very few leaves, but the ramification is so dense, it seems like foliage is there.

 

[cmeg1]

Looking pretty awesome....great photo.....looks really ramified!

 

[MACH5]

Looking so good Fred!