CScott

Two or Five are both nice. View 5 has those extra stubs to be jinned out that should add lots of interest. On the other hand it looks like the roots are better on view 2. Either way it should look good.

Francois Jeker's book Bonsai Aesthetics talks about the flow of trees from right to left or left to right. Westerners have a tough time with the former, because we see it as going backward, while Japanese any one who writes left to right prefers that orientation.

Try to overcome the bias and your trees will be better for it. Someone (unknown source) suggests taking a photo of your tree in a mirror so you can view the mirror image. Problems seem to pop out.

Carmen