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Hi Antonio,
Great to see you are still tweaking this squamata. I quite like the the new front, you have lost those awkward straight sections of trunk that were in the previous front, which is great. I can't help thinking that the deadwood needs reducing a bit, I just reckon that it really dominates the tree so much due to its sheer size. If you look at the picture that Anth uploaded there seems to be a better visual balance between tree and jin, I think because the masses of the 2 elements are closer in size to one another. Regardless of whether you change the deadwood or not, I look forward to seeing where you take this tree next.

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Mojo Moyogi wrote:Hi Antonio,
Great to see you are still tweaking this squamata. I quite like the the new front, you have lost those awkward straight sections of trunk that were in the previous front, which is great. I can't help thinking that the deadwood needs reducing a bit, I just reckon that it really dominates the tree so much due to its sheer size. If you look at the picture that Anth uploaded there seems to be a better visual balance between tree and jin, I think because the masses of the 2 elements are closer in size to one another. Regardless of whether you change the deadwood or not, I look forward to seeing where you take this tree next.

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Mojo
Thanks Mojo , appreciate the feed back. We will see what time brings ! :tu:
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.. very fond of this Juni and its always good seeing updates

I read somewhere that the best contorted Junis are from Taiwan which were grown for 20 plus years min before being on sold to a master artists globally.. pics were amazing

Such is an art form.. there is just no substitute for time
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The Specimen wrote:.. very fond of this Juni and its always good seeing updates

I read somewhere that the best contorted Junis are from Taiwan which were grown for 20 plus years min before being on sold to a master artists globally.. pics were amazing

Such is an art form.. there is just no substitute for time
Thanks spec !!! What i would do to get my hands on a Taiwan Juni !!! On that note we have Leong Kwong up in Sydney who grows the best in the country !!! Take yourself up to Bonsai South with a pocket full of money and knock ya self out !!! :tu: :tu: :tu:
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Re: juniper squamata 2

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anttal63 wrote:
The Specimen wrote:.. very fond of this Juni and its always good seeing updates

I read somewhere that the best contorted Junis are from Taiwan which were grown for 20 plus years min before being on sold to a master artists globally.. pics were amazing

Such is an art form.. there is just no substitute for time
Thanks spec !!! What i would do to get my hands on a Taiwan Juni !!!
In case the readers don't know what the Taiwanese are doing with Shimpaku, here's a taste of what you have been missing:
Taiwan Shimpaku.jpg
There's plenty more in the gallery here: http://www.sidiao.com/index_e.htm

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