I love your bunjin! I especially like the straight bend to the right. I've seen that on broad leafed trees in the wild, shaped by naturaly in this style. I think the nebari is quite natural looking. It doesn't look at all like the spoke-nebari of a layer, because it wasn't layered but grown from seed.
One of our members has a "Mama" Yamaguchi JBP. She dug it herself wearing, of all things, heels. The told me that "mama" gave her crazy looks when she dug it up, but she was impulsive and just had to have the tree. That was years and years ago, tho.
Speaking of heels, it is a shame that some bonsai nubes think it is okay to criticize the hard work and time of others, having put in so little themselves. A few years is scarely enough time to develop a cultured appreciation of this art... especially bunjin! That anyone thinks that this
bunjin is better than yours is baffling. You did a great job, Mike!
Cheers,
Jim