Question on display height

grampz

Mr. Andy,

Firstly, this is a nice little tree, although that is not surprising belonging to you...As always, it is difficult to tell from a photo, but the trunk that crosses from center to left is the one that I find rather distracting...I realize the importance of the trunk to the canopy on the left, and in a few years it should 'melt' into the main trunk mass very well...

Our club has 'riser' legs for our display tables...These are sections of 1 1/4 inch PVC pipe cut square on one end and about a 45 degree angle on the other end...They are about 18 inches long, we slip the table legs into them with the angle cut at the top, which keeps them all at the same height on the table...This in effect raises our display tables near eye level for the center height of most large and medium size trees...We also have 'shelves' that raise trees to about 1 foot above table top level for smaller trees...I realize this will not put the trees at the same viewing level for both of us, but it does allow most people to view the trees at or near the proper perspective...

Personally, I make an effort to work all my trees in a manner which will be best when viewed from near the center of the tree height...I also try to photograph my trees, and the trees of others from about this same height...I must admit I much dislike seeing photos of trees that are taken from a high angle, although we see this practice all too often...I always look at the photo and wonder what the tree really looks like when properly photographed, and it seems to me to be such an injustice to the artist...

Regards
Behr

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