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Originally Posted by MarcS
Nice stock for a group Peter.
I would have put the highest and thickest tree slightly off center to the left but closest to the viewer. The second larger one where it is now, and the small one at the right but toward the back of the pot, thus creating an assymetrical triangle.
Marc.
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Gday Peter, Marc & Co!
With all due respect Marc, I beg to differ - I believe the placement of the trees is very close to spot-on. The work that Peter has done arranging these trees - especially the back tree - has yielded great results, both in terms of the creation of depth and 'symmetry of design'*.
I would love to see this planting in a much wider, shallow pot - so I went ahead and did a quick & nasty virt. I know this pot (a squashed, stretched Pat Kennedy pot from my tiny collection) is not entirely suitable, but I hope it conveys some sense of what I mean.
Great work Peter!
Thanks.
Fly.
* I'm uncertain whether 'symmetry of design' is the right term. Perhaps 'symmetry of purpose'? Anyway, what I mean is the way in which the shapes of the large, foreground trunk/tree are echoed in diminishing scale as the landscape recedes. Sorry for the babble.
