Re-working a Juniper

[kez]

Hey folks,

This is a tree I first styled around a year ago,

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As I progress I find myself looking through my collection and the trees that taught me what I know today, unfortunately I think I got more out of the encounters than the trees did in most cases and as such I am left with quite alot of trees that will forever be mediocre, I think we can probably all say the same thing though and it is part of the hobby

Anyhow, this tree is I believe one of the above, but with the wet weather we are having there's not much to do so I had a go at improving this one, lets see what everyone thinks

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Cheers,

Kerrin

[Gerard]

It looks like you have changed the potting angle, the new front has much better taper where the trunk leaves the soil but the movement of the trunk is less dramatic. I like the reduction in height but I think you could lose most of the jin.

[kez]

Thanks Gerard,

Yep angle changed, new front,

Yes the new front has less dramatic movement, but I think the movement in the front was un-realistic and very symmetrical so I will happily settle for less drama.

The jin I am not fussed on so we'll see what time does for me

More comments welcome

Kerrin

[timi99]

Great job, a significant improvement. I think that perhaps the jin could go.

[matlea]

The trunk movement from this front is a bit easier on the eye... Looks much better imo.
Is there deadwood at the base, right hand side, or is that just a bit of shiny wet bark... Could be a future option if not?

[Jarad]

Much better! The original looked like it had some reverse taper in the bends. I like the subtle movements of the new angle.