Big trees that make you say, "It's like a giant bonsai"

Did you dig it up ?!?!?!??!?!

No, because I thought a spiraling white pine was too unrealistic as a bonsai 😂.

Also, it was quite a ways away from having bark, sadly. I do think that EWP yamadori is an untapped source though.
 
My brother was in town visiting and I got the chance to show him around some of the local sights. He was busy checking out the main views, but since it was some return visits for me, I was paying a lot of attention to some of the gnarly old trees around, and they did not disappoint.

Here's a few from braving the frigid winds of Crater lake
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Had me fantasizing about getting my hands on some nice mountain hemlock material
 
From the Web, caption reads: Supersized Weeping Willow tree in Schoharie County, NY. The soils in Schoharie County are extremely rich and provide great growing conditions. If you think the trees are big you should see the veggies.

New york has many super sized venerable deciduous trees
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This I saw last month in Kyoto`s Ginkaku temple garden. It's not exactly what the title of the thread says, but it's a big tree that holds a bonsai. The tree is a crape myrtle, and the forming bonsai a black pine. I don´t think this is intended, but for sure the gardeners hadn´t remove it (and they are working on everything all the time). Maybe in the future it's trained in situ......

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I’m experimenting with horse chestnut and Garry Oak. Both make excellent bonsaI! Chestnut can reduce significantly its leaves by proper pruning and defoliation. Oak leaves can be reduced somehow by defoliation, but I like its significant roots and nebari that it forms at its early development. I get lots of complements for both at our local club…
 
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