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bonsaiTALK Master
Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Posts: 448
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This shonin display is nice, each of the trees looks to have had good attention payed to it, are good individual trees and all are healthy. However the upper two most trees are mounded in there respective pots suggesting that a large rootmass is present, that may as yet not be as the artist desires, and detracts from these two trees (this more present in the boxwood than the juniper as the juniper has more nebari to be shown). The centre juniper may also benefit from a different pot choice to something more shallow although round seems appropriate. the foliage mass of this tree may also benefit from a slight reduction (although this could be the photo).
The overall compostion of the display is good, the trident particulalry looks good and appropriate being the largest tree in the display and being to one side does not over influence the rest of the trees. However, the switching of the viewing stone and the boxwood round (so that the boxwood is on the bottom and the viewing stone on the top) may benefit the composition especially as the semi-cascade juniper would be directed toward the viewing stone, and force the eye to this part of the display, at current my eye does not seem to notice the suzuki enough which is a shame as it is a beautiful stone.
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