@rockm The Oak.
"So for me this is a classic example of a tree that hasn't been maintained properly. The tree has no foliage in close and has long leggy branching with no interior ramification." Not every tree needs to be some single design. If fact, we go waaay out of our way to create our own special designs, to the best of our abilities. We'd all like to have John Naka trees, but we're not him. Your above critique of my tree could also be applied to the real Oak. Your chop lines on my tree were pedestrian, at best, and to your taste, such as it is. It's
not your tree. Show me some of your finished trees reflective of your methods. And
I'll tell
you what's wrong with them.