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I posted a while ago a large black pine I got but I have a general black pine question as I have a few. I've been mostly doing all my bending and pruning in the fall, but my question is can you do larger bending in the winter?
One thing I've learned is that life is short and never be afraid to do something becuase you feel you can't, or something like that.
I just feel Never is too strong a word to be use in Bonsai.
Of course, you are free to do whatever you want, and style your tree however you like. I hope you have fun with it!
Your first picture is a high mountain tree. Obviously affected by heavy snows. JBP are coastal trees, not high mountain. Certainly, cascades can happen. But the cascade should start much lower on the trunk.
Second and third photos are slants of trees that are in the process of falling down. They grew straight up and then something happened. The first pic shows young trees that look like they've been bent by an ice storm. We generally strive to make our bonsai look like old trees, not young trees.
Your second photo shows a tree growing on a river bank whose roots are being under cut. It will eventually fall into the river. Meanwhile, as you can see, the apex is trying to grow up.
And your final picture about JBP and deadwood. Yes, there are JBP bonsai with deadwood. They are the exception, not the rule. The reason is, being coastal trees, their wood is soft and rots quickly. The air is humid and insects and fungus and mold break it down quickly. Not do with the high mountain trees. The air is dry, the sun dries the wood, bleaches it, and hardens it. Fewer molds and insects to eat it. It will last and be a permanent feature of the tree.
Of course, you are free to do whatever you want, and style your tree however you like. I hope you have fun with it!
If I may chime in here...
I think what Adair was getting at is why struggle with a tree that could easily become a great upright. No ones knocking the artistic direction of what you want to accomplish. It just may be easier/quicker to find a tree to accomplish your initial design.
Jus' say'n...