Trunk Art 9/26/10

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This rich and powerful, extraordinarily detailed old trunk sits at the base of a Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) bonsai (immediately below). It (and the others in this post) is from the recent Redwood Empire Bonsai Society’s 27th annual show. The photos are all borrowed from Bonsai Tonight.

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The complete tree.
Superior bonsai photography

My hat is off and my balding head is nodding in appreciation of Jonas Dupuich’s consistently superior photographs at Bonsai Tonight. If you can’t see a top quality bonsai in person, the next best thing is a top quality photo.

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Detail from another trunk (Jonas thinks it’s a Chinese elm).

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Shimpaku.

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Cork oak.

For more photos, including the complete trees, visit Bonsai Tonight.