Time to judge Some of you have sent in your choices for our $100 Bonsai Photo Art Contest, but we still need more. Don’t hesitate, just do it! You’ll help keep things rolling along and you might win a gift certificate to Stone Lantern.
Submitted by Cheryl Styles, who writes: “This is obviously not a photo of a whole tree but I found the bark so interesting I decided on that instead. I am easily distracted :)” Judging Stay posted to find out how you can become one of our illustrious judges
Almond tree by Rodrigo Sousa. In his own words: “This photo it was taked by me in winter of this year in the month of February, at my region Algarve-Portugal. The species, Prunus Dulcis/amigdalus, normally known as Almond tree. About this species, they haven´t many followers, but have a little bit in their ,native regions, where they make very beautiful Bonsai. Her “strong point”, just like many Prunus, is in the end of Winter, with your white flowers in the naked branches.”
That’s Jeremiah Lee sitting on the huge surface roots of a tree in Santa Barbara, California. His girl friend Courtney Hood took the photo. Jeremiah believes that the tree is a variety of ficus. It’s not too late for yours We are still accepting entries for our $100 Bonsai Art Photography Contest, though it seems to be turning out to be a contest about photographing trees in the wild. That’s okay, full sized trees, or parts of full sized trees are acceptable. It would be interesting however, if someone would send in an artistic shot of a bonsai (or part … Continue reading Photo Art Contest: Entry #8
Margaret Wong submitted this photo along with her comments: “I thought it looked like a lovely inspiration for a group planting. It is a small island off the coast near Nelson in New Zealand. I take lots of photos of trees for inspiration wherever I travel :)” Richard Warner’s beech has set something off Margaret also has something to say about the photo that got the contest started: “Kiwis never, as far as I have heard (I am a kiwi living in Australia) call the tree a birch. It is a mountain beech, most likely Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (New … Continue reading Photo Art Contest: Entry #7
Submitted by Tyler (no last name given). “I took a trip to visit a buddy of mine who lives in the Bitterroot Mountains in western Montana. I found many naturally occurring bonsai but this one really looked the part. It was just jammed between these huge rocks on the side of a mountain overlooking a river valley. Hope you like it!” What it is? It’s best when people send along the name of the tree (as well as their last name), though I suspect that people often don’t know what it is. In this case, my first guess was lodgepole … Continue reading Photo Art Contest: Entry #6
Susan Richards submitted this entry to our $100 Bonsai Art Photo Contest. The photo was taken at 7-mile Lake in Colorado. It’s not too late for you to enter We’ll keep the contest going until we have at least ten entries, maybe many more if interest remains high. So don’t be lazy, send us your photo. It’s a good thing to share your inspiration. The prizes First prize is a $60 gift certificate to Stone Lantern. Second prize $30 gift certificate. Third prize $10 gift certificate. The rest of the details
James Miles submitted this entry to our $100 Bonsai Art Photo Contest. It’s a juniper somewhere in the high Sierras. That’s granite that is appears to be growing on. How do they do that? The contest Here are the details. Don’t be shy, send us a photo. You might win a gift certificate to Stone Lantern. Speaking of Stone Lantern, our current deep sale ends tomorrow morning Even though we always seem to have sales, this one is particularly good, with a range of items double discounted. Check it out.
There was no description with Christian Hansen’s entry. The photo does speak for itself; still, it would be good to know what and where (though it’s true that I didn’t say anything about sending descriptions). The contest Here are the details. Don’t be shy. Stone Lantern
My Mistake. In the original post for the photo contest I labeled this partial tree Southern birch. Should be Southern beech (or Mountain beech?). Here’s what Richard Warner (it’s his photo) said about it: “Don’t know if this is really art but the framing came out nice. A photo of a Mountain Beech on the Routburn Track near Millford Sound ‘Lord of the Rings’ Country in New Zealand. Branch looks a little like a Dragon. (Southern Beech not Birch as the photo title incorrectly says).” I imagine those are beeches covering the hillside also. Reminder This photo is the inspiration … Continue reading Whoops! Beech Not Birch