Acer palmutum group.

[anthonyW]

Progressing very well Bodhi,wow you get great colour down there.
Anthony

[Kevin]

Hello Bodhidharma,

I like this setting / composition and negative space.
My favourite image was the last one with the highlight across the canopies lower branches, but still keeping the 'woods' dark.

Kevin

[itsfullofstars]

Daylesford would be a great place for growing japanese maples. 600m elevation, far enough south away from the equator so not too much burning sun.

And that autumn colour is excellent!

[bodhidharma]

Another year come and gone and the back trees have now grown enough to make the forest convincing. About to go into Autumn colour so i will do an update later. I like how far this setting has come in a short five or so years. It pays to have good stock up your sleeve. i changed a lot of Angles when repotting last year and pulled the front larger trees forward and mounded the centre a bit. It made a huge difference.

[itsfullofstars]

Man, that is gorgeous!! Great work and thanks for sharing !! Can't wait to see your autumn pictures.

[bodhidharma]

It has been a terrible Autumn here at the Central highlands with very warm weather and bushfire right up until a few weeks ago. Most of the trees here had scorched leaves and foliage just fell off with the first rain. This group was better protected along with a couple of E. Elms which i will post later. This group will be repotted shortly and changed a little, here is some colour finally.

[Watto]

Thanks for the update. This is certainly progressing in the right direction, congratulations.

[melbrackstone]

That's a beauty, bodhi! The red stands out like a beacon.

[anthonyW]

Wow Lovely!

cheers Anthony

[Matthew]

It has been a terrible Autumn here at the Central highlands with very warm weather and bushfire right up until a few weeks ago. Most of the trees here had scorched leaves and foliage just fell off with the first rain. This group was better protected along with a couple of E. Elms which i will post later. This group will be repotted shortly and changed a little, here is some colour finally.

I agree with this autumn it was HOT, DRY and will also had a few large fires not too far from us . A sudden change early May with 70mm + and cool nights transformed everything in a matter of days . My place is looking much better and the autumn colour far better then was I thought I would get .