A loop the loop Juniper at this year's Kokufu Exhibition. I took the liberty of cropping* Boon Manakitivipart's original for a closer look at the deadwood and living vein, as well as the unusual loop. Even with this closeup, it's not easy to tell exactly what's going on. But we'll leave that to you
We’ve been featuring some of Bill Valavanis’ photos from this year’s Kokufu Exhibition. If you’ve been following Bark for a while, you’ll know that Bill is one of our favorites. Today it’s Bonsai Boon, another of our favorites
We’ll just show you some junipers this time, with more to follow later. I think they are all Shimpaku (Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii ‘Shimpaku’), though when it comes to variety, there are a couple very close cousins to Shimpaku, so I could be mistaken
What we’ve presented here is just the tip of the iceberg. I encourage you to visit Boon on fb for more Kokufu shots and a cornucopia of other great bonsai photos
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The whole tree this time. In addition to all the action mentioned above, I like the way the foliage enhances the movement of the wood and vice versa
Here's another one that I cropped* for a closer look at the action. The original is below
If you think you've seen this here before, you're right. We showed Bill Valavanis' photo of this tree just the other day
*I sometimes crop photos to eliminate background noise, or just for a closer look. Also, lighting or other factors often mess with background colors, sometimes causing faded pinks, yellows etc to show up. In these case I usually make minor adjustments to reduce this effect and bring the background a little closer to it’s natural, more uniform color (understanding the screen colors are not uniform, so I’m never sure what you see). I always try to mention what I’ve done and who the photos belong to, along with a link so you can see the originals. So far no one has complained
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