Floating in space. Is it just me or is there something strange about the lack of physical support in this photo? The photo also seems to lack depth which might contribute to the strange effect. Still, there's something enchanting about the tree and the way it's presented.
Black backgrounds. We recently ran a post about choosing a background color with black backgrounds being a favorite of many of our readers. The photos in that post belong to Walter Pall who live in Europe (Germany). In this case the photos are from Viet Nam.
I picked up the photos shown here from Toan Dola’s facebook feed a while back, but when I returned this morning, I couldn’t find them. So I can’t say with any certainty who the trees and photos belong to. As mentioned above, the photos are from Viet Nam (at least I believe they are) and to my eye, there are some similarities to other Vietnamese bonsai we have featured.
Too much contrast? Nevertheless a wonderfully distinctive bonsai.
Even more wonderful and distinctive? The deadwood on other side is impressive, but I'd have to go with this side as the front.
Another one floating in space, with an almost invisible trace of support. Not too much depth here either but I love this snaky tree.
I've only seen this distinctively darkened deadwood on Vietnamese bonsai.
When it comes to darkened deadwood, I think I prefer this reddish brown color rather than the almost black deadwood above.
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