grouper52
Masterpiece
I was snapping some photos of this tree today to capture the beautiful beginning of the fall colors, and decided to post it for some feedback about ideas I've had lately.
It's a field grown CE I got from Brussles about 9 years ago, I think, one of my few trees to survive the climatic hell of Taos, New Mexico, where about half the branches died, resulting in the deadwood seen here.
The first photo is its current configuration, but there are things I'm not happy with, hence the other photos exploring some options. (Some of the foliage obviously needs trimming/refinement, as well.)
The second photo shows a slight rotation counter clockwise, which is starting to appeal to me.
The third shows the tree virted into an antique Chinese pot I'm thinking of transfering it to this spring, which I think is a better match than it's current pot.
The last two photos are virts showing attempts to remedy the tree's main problem, which of course is the three legged nebari it sits on. One option is to simply bury the tree a bit deeper in the soil, ( and perhaps coax some new nebari at the new surface) seen in the first virt. The last photo/virt, on the next post, shows a more radical approach, removing the two small "legs", and also then reducing the deadwood a bit, and perhaps the beginnings of a re-working of the foliage to lend a bit better balance to the image without the legs.
I'm curious to hear comments about these ideas, or any others you may have.
It's a field grown CE I got from Brussles about 9 years ago, I think, one of my few trees to survive the climatic hell of Taos, New Mexico, where about half the branches died, resulting in the deadwood seen here.
The first photo is its current configuration, but there are things I'm not happy with, hence the other photos exploring some options. (Some of the foliage obviously needs trimming/refinement, as well.)
The second photo shows a slight rotation counter clockwise, which is starting to appeal to me.
The third shows the tree virted into an antique Chinese pot I'm thinking of transfering it to this spring, which I think is a better match than it's current pot.
The last two photos are virts showing attempts to remedy the tree's main problem, which of course is the three legged nebari it sits on. One option is to simply bury the tree a bit deeper in the soil, ( and perhaps coax some new nebari at the new surface) seen in the first virt. The last photo/virt, on the next post, shows a more radical approach, removing the two small "legs", and also then reducing the deadwood a bit, and perhaps the beginnings of a re-working of the foliage to lend a bit better balance to the image without the legs.
I'm curious to hear comments about these ideas, or any others you may have.