Chosing A Front

agraham

This is another large ficus i've been growing...same age,same source and same initial treatment as this one http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...=&threadid=6686

This first picture is the present front and has been for the last 4-5 years.I am going to repot in a more shallow,but wider pot in the near future(unfortunately,financial issues dictate a mica pot )

At any rate,i have been considering changing the front and would appreciate sone input from y'all.

There are some pretty flagrant flaws in this tree but i'm not so sure that they are as glaring to others as they are bothersome to me........please feel free to comment on any way you think i might improve the appearance

Thanks,
andy

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agraham

turned a little to the left

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agraham

a bit more to the left....this one gives me some problems because the lower right trunk(branch) begins to be an eye poker

this tree obviously needs to be wired and trimmed,but these two procedures would necessarily follow the choice of frontal view.

thanks,

andy

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Adam_MA

Andy,
I think I like option #2 the best. The main thing it does for me is to close (or mostly close) the gaps of the smaller trunk on the right and make the trunk look bigger and more powerful, without pointing the right branch at the viewer (option 3). Option 3 would be the best if the branch was not coming that close to the viewer, plus it makes up for the apparent lack of nebari on the left side. Again #2 compensates for that better than #1.

Any chance of seeing the backside of this?


Adam

Ravenna

Hi Andy,

nice tree... I am by no means a bonsai expert but... thought I'd give my 2cents worth...

I agree with Adam about the Nebari it looks better when you turn the tree a bit to the left. The "gaps" he mentions are a bit difficult to see as the trunk and the background are rather bright. But he is right that the gap seems to show more on the present front view.

I guess as one of the main critieria for orienting a tree is the root system he may be right and yet... I still like the first view better...

On the second view it seems to me that the branches (2.nd and 3rd from the bottom) look too symmetric and the trunk seems to taper less at the top, the "cut off" seems to be a bit more horizontal. So: I prerfer the first view...

DavidN

Andy,
I think the current front is fine. The nebari looks good and branch placement is also there. I think it just needs to be tidied up a bit as the foliage is quite overgrown.
Nice tree.

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