The Value in Taking Photos

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The Value in Taking Photos

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I have posted this Japanese box a couple of times before but I thought a thread about photographing your bonsai was appropriate.
So, the story. I took a photo of this tree and I thought it looked OK.
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Looking at the photo I thought the top left side branch was a bit long so out with the scissors and it was reduced. At the same time I dramatically reduced the size of the back branch which has become too strong.
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After that photo there was further review and I thought the lower right side branch "poked up" a bit too much so again out with the scissors.
The right side now needs to grow a bit so I can bring it down but overall I think it looks an improvement.
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Re: The Value in Taking Photos

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I'm a huge fan of taking photos as things that I can't see in 3D stand out on the 2D image. Weird but true.
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thoglette wrote: June 16th, 2022, 12:02 am I'm a huge fan of taking photos as things that I can't see in 3D stand out on the 2D image. Weird but true.
I know exactly what you mean thoglette. Its very true.

Progressions are the way to go Watto. Plus its nice to sit back and look how far its come. :beer: And it is incredibly helpful for people to see timeframes and how to build good stock over time, but more importantly: to know how far you need to cut back and what you shouldn't cut back, in order to create something that looks like a tree as the years progress.
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