Japanese Black Pine

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Japanese Black Pine

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Hi All,

Just thought i'd share another Black pine i was lucky enough to work on recently for a customer. It came out really well, but of course it makes all the difference to start with good material.

Joe
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really nice work Joe. you made the tree look as good as it can i think. i dont really like the bow in the trunk line but maybe an angle change could help that. thanks for sharing your work Joe i really like your posts. :tu:
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Very poised,well done.
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Nice result Jow, I am inspired to find a tree to wire
Did you use copper or aluminium?
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Nice result Jow, I am inspired to find a tree to wire
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Thanks for the comments guys. The tree was wired with aluminum as I'm out of copper at the moment.

As for the bow, I don't mind it. It was much more apparent in the before image. I moved the first right hand branch across the trunk to break this up a little but as its silhouetted in the photo this doesn't really show up.

Like I said earlier, it sure helps to have good bones to start with.

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I like it!

Looks like an old man bending over to lend a helping hand....
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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