Aside from the fact that this is a remarkable bonsai, there’s the play of light and shadow on the wall. Though I didn’t set out to chose photos with shadows, because there are so many great trees to chose from, it seems like a good way to narrow it down a bit. The photo is from Segundo Congreso y Concurso de Bonsai via Bonsai Fachforum.
The remarkable bonsai you see here turned up on Bonsai Fachforum, a German language site that is overflowing with photos of great trees. The Spanish language poster (see below) says Segundo Congreso y Concurso de Bonsai (Second Congress and Bonsai Contest). It took place in Austurias, Spain, less than two weeks ago. Though there is much more that could be said, we won’t bother. We’ll just stimulate your optic nerve with a few photos and let you do the rest.
Spain seems to full of outstanding Olive bonsai and this one is no exception (could it be one of Luis Vallejo’s trees?). And then there’s that sly shadow on the wall.
We’ve got an added bonus in this photo; a shadow of an invisible tree (Bonsai Factorum has a photo of both trees here). I’m going to guess that the visible tree is one of those powerful English yews that keep popping up on European sites. We’ll leave the invisible tree to you.
I guess it makes sense that the deadwood, instead of the live tree, was chosen to be the front. Nice shadow by the way. Is it a Needle juniper?
The slick & shiny venue. Bonsai as modern art?
Am i the only one who thinks the last tree (needled juniper) looks visually unstable? The large deadwood does not compensate enough for the slanting pot
Wayne,
The first tree, at least in the past, was styled by my good friend David Benavente. The last one, a Juniperus communis, by Giancomo Pappalardo.
Kind regards,
Jose Luis
Thanks as always Jose Luis,
I could have sworn we did something on Giancomo Pappalardo in a post a year or so ago, but a search of his name turned up nothing.
Maybe we’ll do something on him soon.
Thanks as always Jose Luis,
I could have sworn we did something on Giancomo Pappalardo in a post a year or so ago, but a search of his name turned up nothing on Bark.
Anyway, I just visited his website. Great trees but the photos don’t seem very good, though they do rotate 360