I've long been fascinated by close ups. Especially shots of deadwood and bark with their richly illustrated stories of time and the elements.
Sunday morning. Crocuses, peepers in the pond and pure unobstructed sun. Time to get outside. So rather than taking the time to put together another new post, we’ll borrow from our archives. This one originally appeared in March, 2015.
All the photos shown here are by Salvador De Los Reyes. I believe that all but one are of his trees (here and here are couple earlier Bark posts that feature Salvador’s bonsai).
You can view more photos of Salvador’s bonsai on facebook and on his blog.
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If you are skilled enough, you can create the illusion of age by carving and applying other techniques on deadwood. But when it comes to bark, time and only time is necessary for that prized aged look.
The photo is by Salvador and as far as I can tell, this is the only tree shown here that is not his. It belong to Luis Vila. The whole tree is quite remarkable and worth a quick click to a Bark post from 2013.
Just in case you were wondering, Salvador does feature plenty of full bonsai photos (my apologies for the blown-up-too-far fuzz)
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