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Originally Posted by carmi
Are we doing it just for fun? This kind of matches tends to become much more serious…
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Carmi, it is fun, and it's educational. You will never make good bonsai if you live in a "vacuum".
I enjoy these contests because if forces me to do better than I might otherwise do. Just this morning I was looking over my bonsai and considering which ones I might enter in the AOB contest. I picked one that I'm sure I'll be photograohing pretty soon. I've already done some major trimming and wiring on it a couple of months ago. Now the new growth is sprouting giving it a fresh "spring" appearance. I put new moss on it, and it's close to camera ready. And. as club exhibit season is near, bonsai that I make camera ready are also show ready.
And I must confess that it gives me a good feeling to make it into a contest, whether it be win, place, show, or also ran.
Mike