Picea albertiana conica timelapse

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Picea albertiana conica timelapse

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Hi all,

Worked on a Picea and decided to do a camera setup to try capture as many moves and tweaks as I can.

It had many many branches so I was able to really play with branching and form, quite fortunate I think. Most of it was simply pulling branches down and into spaces before refining the pads further

The tree is looking pretty and the apex needs a bit of refinement and thinning.
Potentially a pot change and the usual.

I had to pull down the quality of the animation as it would be massive. Nonetheless it pretty much shows the basic outline and process. The quality may not be as beautiful so I'll provide a link to my blog as well. https://thetreerefinery.files.wordpress ... picea2.gif

Not sure if the animation starts from the start, but if it doesn't you can wait til it loops back to the material before styling

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can't stop watching it. nicely done.
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Love this!

Such a nice tree. I'm working on one of these at the moment so this will come in really handy.

Awesome work. Thanks for sharing!
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Love it, great job!
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Lovely tree and cool time lapse!
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What an awesome tree! Very naturalistic.
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Thanks for the positives everyone.
Any feedback on form? balance?

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What an excellent idea :yes:

I think your back board needs to be taller tho :-)
Re the tree, I love it Myself :-)

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What are people's experience with Picea species as bonsai?
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for me they are bad :-(
conditions here do not suit, Not cold enough and too humid in summer

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kcpoole wrote:for me they are bad :-(
conditions here do not suit, Not cold enough and too humid in summer

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Can you elaborate further on this Ken? Im keen on trying Picea but I have similar environmental factors.
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Andrew F wrote:
kcpoole wrote:for me they are bad :-(
conditions here do not suit, Not cold enough and too humid in summer

Ken
Can you elaborate further on this Ken? Im keen on trying Picea but I have similar environmental factors.
I tried my hand at them many years ago here on the coast, but I couldn't keep them healthy. Just kept deteriorating. :shock:
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