... just some thoughts ...
With regard to perspective in your tree, one wants thicker branches in front and thinner in back.
One also wants the tree to bow to the viewer as it feels friendly
These two things suggest the front ought to be somewhere like 180 from your second pic. If this were the front, then I don't think the branching from the first branch would be a problem.
I think pic 3 offers nice perspective/depth. The trunk has a nice basal flare in this view, but it looks like the nebari has some problems. It looks to me that there is a big massive root looping around clockwise. Of the views you've supplied, I think I like this view (in pic 3) to be the front. The canopy development appears to be easy with this choice (famous last word, 'easy'
) and you wouldn't be fretting about
In picture 1 the big right front branch has branching mostly facing inwards and not on the outside....
. Instead, just cut back before bud burst, then a little wire after the new shoots have extended might be all that you need to do. The focus would be on eliminating this really bad root ( which maybe isn't such a big deal with a different choice for the front).
What is your chosen front for the design,
@jason biggs? I think you need to get this clearly set in your mind as it dictates your plan for the remainder of your development of this tree.