A little Port Jackson Fig

DavidWilloughby · Post by **DavidWilloughby** » December 8th, 2012, 4:27 pm

Hello ausbonsai,

I thought I would share one of my little Figs in development and the progression of it so far ( All of its 3 years....lol). Rather than go about it with just photo's, I have attempted to put together a short video of it and towards the end it has a 360' view of the tree. Its only a baby in Bonsai terms but I would like to think its off to a pretty good start.

I think that its an interesting way of showing a progression over the usual photo. I hope you don't mind me posting this and if there is any comments (the good, the bad, the ugly) please I do not mind.

Cheers

David

Post by **kcpoole** » December 8th, 2012, 7:51 pm

Nice progression and good work over 3 years

Ken

Shinkitai · Post by **Shinkitai** » December 8th, 2012, 7:52 pm

great way to show the progression. Went through a few pots but I do like the last pot best with the slightly more lean you have put it on. Well done.

Post by **Bougy Fan** » December 8th, 2012, 8:26 pm

Great progression - I do find my eye keeps being drawn to the fact it is offset a little too much in the pot

Rintar · Post by **Rintar** » December 9th, 2012, 12:22 am

very cool love the way you have set this out

tree is coming along nicely as well

matlea · Post by **matlea** » December 9th, 2012, 7:47 am

Great way to present the tree.. I think doing the 360 video should be done more often.. Especially on trees that have had a bit of development... Well done

DavidWilloughby · December 10th, 2012, 10:53 am

kcpoole wrote:Nice progression and good work over 3 years

Ken

Thanks Ken, I appreciate that.

Shinkitai wrote:great way to show the progression. Went through a few pots but I do like the last pot best with the slightly more lean you have put it on. Well done.

Thanks Shinkitai, I think the angle is better than it was but I can already forsee a few tweaks here and there down the track.

Bougy Fan wrote:Great progression - I do find my eye keeps being drawn to the fact it is offset a little too much in the pot

Thanks Tony, I have to agree with you 100% on being offset too much. I can see it in a smaller pot, the nebari being more exposed (which is hidden) and a slight angle change of 5% more upright. Below are two photos, the first is how it currently sits (as per the vid) and the 2nd shot is a virt where I want to go with it:

PJF16#08122012.jpg

Pic. 1 - As it is today

PJF16#virt10122012.jpg

Pic. 2 - Virt

A few more years and it hopefully should be getting there or thereabouts.

Rintar wrote:very cool love the way you have set this out

tree is coming along nicely as well

Thanks Jason, its still trial and error for me with the video side of things but its different to the usual way we would see progressions.

matlea wrote:Great way to present the tree.. I think doing the 360 video should be done more often.. Especially on trees that have had a bit of development... Well done

Thanks matlea, I'm hoping to upgrade the camera and editing software over the next year so that the quality can improve (along with my trees Im working on lol)

Thanks again for the comments
Cheers

David

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » December 10th, 2012, 11:24 am

Sadly the vid wont work for me not sure why. Nice little tree David, i like your goal too !

DavidWilloughby · Post by **DavidWilloughby** » January 6th, 2013, 5:37 pm

anttal63 wrote:Sadly the vid wont work for me not sure why. Nice little tree David, i like your goal too !

Hi Antonio,

Sorry I didn't respond earlier mate, not sure why it wont work you for but its not the end of the world and you ain't missing much IMO lol

This little guy is loving the heat we're experiencing at the moment. It hasn't skipped a beat since repotting last year and am pretty happy with how its coming along. Here it is with a bit more growth.

zPJF2@5Jan2013.jpg

A few more years and I think it might make a decent little Bonsai. Any comments and feedback welcomed.

Cheers

David

DavidWilloughby · Post by **DavidWilloughby** » March 21st, 2016, 9:11 pm

Hi all,

Going through some old threads that need updating.

This has hasn't changed that much but here is the progression to where it sits now. (skip till Sept last year lol)

PJF S1 26 Sep 2015 A.jpg

26 Sept 2015 A

PJF S1 26 Sep 2015 B.jpg

26 Sept 2015 B

PJF S1 2 Feb 2016.jpg

2 Feb 2016

PJF S1 21 March 2016.jpg

21 March 2016

I am looking forward to spring when I can defoliate and wire it up completely again.

Cheers

David

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