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Shohin
Oooooohhhhhhh! Very nice
OK, I have to be truthful here, Ms Vickie's tree is very nice, but in the real world, not here on BN, I have seen Azaleas that were spectacular. What makes this very nice tree eligible, when you have some examples that would blow your socks off. Just an old man with an opinion.
keep it green,
Harry
OK, I have to be truthful here, Ms Vickie's tree is very nice, but in the real world, not here on BN, I have seen Azaleas that were spectacular. What makes this very nice tree eligible, when you have some examples that would blow your socks off. Just an old man with an opinion.
keep it green,
Harry
Al...
I've been waiting on you like a newly opened resturant waiting for the premier food critic to give a review... That being said... all I can say is...
Hallelujah!!!!
I totally agree with everything you said about the positioning and the backgrounds. I shot with what was available to me... and didn't look the gift horse in the mouth. I don't have a sophisticated lighting system at home... so I took everything over to a dear friend's house, and we used what he had. My husband assures me that he and John actually tried to get the scroll higher, but it was as high as the stand could go... and I... in my excitment to see it all together at last, didn't notice the error.
I REALLY want to come to the display show down there when it happens next... what this experiance has taught me is that there is SO much more than just the tree... and now that my interest in this has been fully wakened, it will not be satisfied without more immersion into the art of display.
I have to admit... the only thing I actually sweated in this process was the moss... I changed it twice. lol But I think I finally did well enough to live with it. I clearly have not put enough thought or effort into moss before.... I may know a thing or three about trees... but the holes in my experiance became very apparent to me in this process as well.
I'm profoundly grateful to have had the opportunity to realize that... because now I know what I need to work on.
Yours most kindly,
Victrinia
The people in Fresno by now are very tired of me harping each year on the importance of moss placement...or the use of it at all. Each year I give instruction on moss and how it should be applied but everyone does their own thing. It is not untill they decide to throw their hat into a display arena and they soon find out that maybe they should have payed a little more attention to the blowhard...
Que sera....
Al
Post it here for all to learn...I would be deeply delighted to be an acolyte at your feet... It's one thing Daniel can teach me little about... because he does not pay attention to the finer points of display... he pays attention to the trees... which is all well and good until you want to do a high level display. Then you are fumbling a bit.
I don't suppose you would be willing to give a lesson on that subject for all of us... or do I just need to head down to Fresno for a meeting.
Lord knows I am willing to listen to the blowhard... I have thus far, and it's not led me astray in the least.
V
OK, I have to be truthful here, Ms Vickie's tree is very nice, but in the real world, not here on BN, I have seen Azaleas that were spectacular. What makes this very nice tree eligible, when you have some examples that would blow your socks off. Just an old man with an opinion.
keep it green,
Harry
I think what needs to be kept in mind is that spectacular is not art, and good art is never spectacular. Subtlety and understatement are the keys that will unlock the mystery of bonsai display.
Of course, that's much easier said than done.
Mike
You miss the point completely. This is simply NOT about the tree. It is about a composition. the whole thing, not just one thing. It is more than the tree.
Being "wowed" by a tree is not what this is about.
There's nothing to disagree with--you either get it or you don't. You're looking for oranges at an apple stand.
then why do you comment on the display?
This idea that good art should "wow" you to be valid is not really constructive for any artform. "Wow" is nice, but it's kind of shallow and short lived..