At first glace I thought the rock that sticks out on the right was part of the trunk. But a closer look (see below) confirms the strong suspicion that it's a rock. And in case you're wondering, the tree is the King of bonsai, a Japanese black pine.
We’ve been borrowing great photos of Japanese bonsai from Micheal Bonsai for a long time now. I’m not sure where he gets them, but most are superb. The best of the Japanese trees… which are often simply the best.
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You can see the rock more clearly here. The same goes for the heavily furrowed bark and the well developed nebari.
Continued below…
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This shot gives us a peek at the tree's ramification (aka branching). Though pines and most other conifers don't show as much fine branching as most deciduous trees, still, this one looks pretty good.
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