Victorian windswept & literati
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Took these today ... inspirational I reckon. Pretty sure most are Moonah (Melaleuca lanceolata)
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Fantastic Trees Mark ,love the spontaneity of the movement ,long thin branches with just the right amount of taper. Perfect.. Think I might go out to the backroom ,grab some wire and attack a few small trees. Cheers John .
Like the look of the first one ,survivor.
Like the look of the first one ,survivor.
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I love the texture of the trunks of those poor tortured trees. And the shapes give real incentive to try and do something similar on a bonsai scale. Unfortunately ( ) we don't have the kind of crappy weather here that Victoria has, so we have to be inspired by beautiful lush trees. .
Our trees up here grow right down onto the beach and still don't look windswept , so thanks for these photos.
Our trees up here grow right down onto the beach and still don't look windswept , so thanks for these photos.
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I'm glad people are liking the trees .... nature is staggering.
I find it very difficult to understand how the branching in the first and second photos came to be...the pure windswept trees are reasonably understandable but that knot on the branch on the first photo and the cascading branches in the second photo (from a different angle they are windswept and cascading) .... quite difficult to even imagine. Just the ravages of time, a rugged environment open to the elements and branches swaying and breaking and causing random, beautiful growth, I suppose.
I find it very difficult to understand how the branching in the first and second photos came to be...the pure windswept trees are reasonably understandable but that knot on the branch on the first photo and the cascading branches in the second photo (from a different angle they are windswept and cascading) .... quite difficult to even imagine. Just the ravages of time, a rugged environment open to the elements and branches swaying and breaking and causing random, beautiful growth, I suppose.
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Nature will always outdo us! Damn fine, thanks Mark. Air-layer the first,and a large-ish slab for the last one. It's beautifully complex and rich.
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Were you a bit wayward on the golf course Mark?
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- MJL
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Ha! It’s amazing what you see when your low draw turns into a snap-hook! I am not sure I am the best playing partner: “Hey mate, do you mind taking my bag with you to the green, I just want to run up and take a photo of that tree!”Watto wrote:Were you a bit wayward on the golf course Mark?
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