Strengths:
- Nice pot
- good moss
- good rugged bark
- good movement in trunk
- good distribution of foliage
- good ramification
Weaknesses:
- diddy jin on lower trunk
- lacks cohesion in alignment of foliage
- uneven taper
The first thing that struck me when I saw this tree is the uneven taper, where the lower trunk suddenly reduces in caliper half way up and then continues to the top with a slight taper. This is a bit of a bugbear of mine. The next problem I see is the alignment of the needles and branch ends. The lowest branches on the left and right appear to have an upward aspect to the foliage, the rest of the tree appears to have been trained downwards.
Other than that, I see a confident tree. The bark is a very obvious masculine element, but the curved trunk and pot appear feminine. I see this conflict in so many bonsai that I begin to wonder if gender is actually relevant...
The soil, sloping from right down to left gives support to the left leaning trunk, with just a hint of roots being gently pulled from the ground on the right.
Even though I dislike the abrupt change in trunk caliper, I would be very happy to own this tree.
(Again, all written before reading other posts. I use these as practice, and not to offer serious advice.)
Regards,
Chris.