MHBonsai
Chumono
You are doing good work here. It's hard to give good feedback off of photos. I like the taller design myself as it is. The chop site, I'd be inclined to keep the 'left side' branch and just bring it down and forward and cut it back and make it a branch to partially conceal the chop, growing out the main leader off the right side.
What's your plan for the roots? I myself don't like roots with air under them, unless part of a full-on tropical aerial root system. Can you lift the tree slightly in the pot, cut off all of the exposed 'finger' roots and still get some flare? If not, I'd pack with spagnum and see if you can get a pile of roots to grow to make it more of a tropical/aerial root flared base.
What's your plan for the roots? I myself don't like roots with air under them, unless part of a full-on tropical aerial root system. Can you lift the tree slightly in the pot, cut off all of the exposed 'finger' roots and still get some flare? If not, I'd pack with spagnum and see if you can get a pile of roots to grow to make it more of a tropical/aerial root flared base.