The 5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Finest Shohin Bonsai Display by Melvyn Goldstein. The varieties are: Japanese Five-Needle Pine, Dwarf Hinoki Cypress, Trident Maple, Zelkova and Sargent Juniper. Unfortunately given that some of the individual trees were less well lit than others, the photo isn't as good we'd like (Oscar worked with what he had). You can expect a better shot when the album comes out.
One answer to the question above – What Do Shohin Bonsai & Suiseki Have in Common? – is they were both on display at the 5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition and a prize winner from each was chosen.
There were quite a few (I didn’t count) excellent Shohin displays at the 5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition, so winning the prize for the best was no mean feat. Unfortunately, and through no fault of Oscar’s, some of the details don’t show very well in the shot above. This will be remedied when the album comes out.
Here's a close up of the Finest Suiseki (Viewing Stone) prize winner. It's a Plateau stone from the Seta river in Japan. It belongs to Michael Sullivan. In addition to being a very powerful and handsome stone, it reminds me of a space vehicle or a supersonic race car.
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A closeup of Melvin Goldstein's Japanese Five-Needle Pine from his prize winning Shohin display. A little fuzzy due to my questionable effort to bring it closer...
We only have one more prize winner from the 5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition after these two. If you haven’t seen our previous posts on this great event, you might want to scroll through. And thanks again to Oscar Jonker for all the photos in this series.
Suiseki with stand. Oscar's original photo of Michael Sullivan's prize winning suiseki
