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26-Nov-2006
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Squamata Bunjin
Hey all, this is my first attempt at a Bunjin style. My subject choice was a collected squamata juniper I yanked up out of the ground a couple of years ago. The picture really doesn't do it justice. The shortening days and cold weather have put a winter cast on it. The foliage is a lot like wrestling with a brillo pad on steriods. So the upper pad reduction is slow going.
I would welcome any input on this tree and its style
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26-Nov-2006
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That is FREAKING AWESOME!!!!! I love it!
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26-Nov-2006
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Just an idea. Nice tree! Imm. I like yours better.
Last edited by kingkong : 26-Nov-2006 at 10:13 PM. |
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27-Nov-2006
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I agree with the virtuals that king kong posted. I think the tree may be a little top heavy right now, and may look better with less foliage. Still a very nice tree considering it's only been in training a few years.
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27-Nov-2006
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Nice trunk, but the foliage is too "poodled" for me, anyway. The foliage doesn't match what the trunk is saying.
A bunjin should have austere foliage, not rich full pads. If you thinned theses pads out and emphasized the branches inside them with half to a third the mount of foliage, the tree would be more powerful. |
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27-Nov-2006
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Lets take a look at the more austere tree.
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27-Nov-2006
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It is said that every tree should tell a story. Out of curiosity what is this tree's story? By what natural causes did it develop this looped stature?
Note: This is not a criticism and there is almost always a feasible story to be created, but I'm just wondering what it is. -David |
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27-Nov-2006
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Good lord..... Tom.... you made a "reversed" bunjin that makes me think of a cascade. It confounds my mind, and grabs it at the same time. I love it. It's so different.
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27-Nov-2006
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Wow, great input
Now this I enjoy, critique.......it does make one better in the long run. A new perspective is always helpful. Thanks both for the praise and comments.
Kong: thanks for the virtual, your austere tree is right on the money. rockm, Nomiyama: I agree with both of you, it is top heavy, the pad reduction on this tree, and possibly squamatas as a whole is slow going. They seem to not really want to back bud on old wood as much as push out on one year wood. However, the reduction is what I am ultimately going for. Ms. Vic...LOL....cascade or bunjin? That is confounding.....Next year (hopefully at this time) you won't be confounded. Will take a look at what butchery I have performed and the vision should be clearer. Thanks for the nice words. Archdruid: Quote:
I could go with the norm and say its been blown and doubled over by the weight of snow from countless winter storms. However, I rarely go for the norm. So....the story I see is this..........A young hunter climbed the tree fastened a rope around the apex an shimmied down the tree. With incredilble effort he pulled the tree top down to act as a giant spring. He attached it to a net and waited for his prey. Unforunately our hunter was really not that good at hunting and the tree took a set in that postion to this day. So do you buy it? ;-)
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