Honestly it’s difficult to find yamadori where I live and I’ve been wanting to work with oak.
Is this one any better ?
Yes it has some movement, but very uniform as in no apparent taper. Could start with a chop low keeping the right branch to build taper and go from there! Of course this is after collection, survival, etc. And no real idea of the nebari.
Rule #1 check out the nebari
Rule #2 check out the trunk for movement and taper!
Rule #3 check out the collectability
Rule #4 if the answer to each of the first three is yes than
consider collection.
Rule # 5 The rules above vary in interpretation
It often pays to look in areas that experience more traffic, wildlife, extreme weather etc.