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11-Oct-2007

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Tom Buchanan

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Originally Posted by treebeard55

Given what you've said, View 2 sounds best to me too.

Have you considered lowering that first branch, so that it slopes downward by 30 degrees or so? That would bring it into more balance right there.

Whaddaya think?

It's already been brought down a bit (hence the guy wire) and the base is too thick to bend further I think. I could achieve the same effect by introducing a sharp downward bend further along the branch - and that might frame a nice negative space too. Will give that some thought, thanks.

EDIT: just realised - you're right. The foliage starts too high up the tree, assuming the apex is not much higher than it currently is. Bringing the branch further down will help that.

Last edited by Tom Buchanan : 11-Oct-2007 at 08:18 PM.

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