Fall Contest 2016... TIE BREAKER!

[VAFisher]

Juniperus communis for the local nursery looking not all that healthy. It was cheap.



Did a little chopping, thinning, wiring, potting and mossing. I will winter it in the garage so I figured I would go ahead and pot it up. Some of the wire is a little large but that's what I had on hand.


Finished for now. Potted in an Iker for extra points!


Future plans are to try to keep it alive and see what I can make out of it. It has no taper in the main trunk so I'll need to hide it or fix it at some point. Oh, practicing bonsai for 3 or 4 years. Can't exactly remember.

 

[Josh88]

Here we have a Ramapo Rhododerdron purchased for $10.99.
After branch selection and wiring, I tilted the angle of the planting by about 10 degrees, and used the "magic cloth" to cover a low back branch that I will keep to thicken the trunk and minimize the shock from this initial styling. The second to last picture shows the back branch uncovered.
As for the future of this tree, I will enjoy the bloom in the spring, then start working on getting foliage in closer to the trunk and getting better taper in the trunk base.
I've been practicing bonsai for a year and a half, and this is the first of my trees I have posted to the site.
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[thomas22]

Juniper Chinensis "Sea Green" bought for the contest at Southwest Lanscape Nursery on 9/15 for $20.
Next pics are during styling where you can start to see the trunk line and possible deadwood branches.



I have been practicing Bonsai for 6 years. Here is a the back and a pic of my Photograph studio. Ha ha.
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Final


My plans are to develop pads, compact it a bit a put in a nice pot.

 

[Stickroot]

My entry is this Shimpaku. I bought it from a friend and owner of Cass Bonsai Garden. It was $20.
Got it from the side of the barn "The Junk Pile"

After splitting the piece I didn't want off by hand... Which is still alive.

Some Jin work.


After wood work, posing for pot position.

And finally after three or four hours of actual work over the past month and tonight's last minute wire and style... The end result.

The future of this tree will consist of pad reduction, getting them longer and flatter, better placement. Then a pot that I feel fits the tree better and finding the best position for the tree pot combo... My biggest struggle with this tree was position.

I have been practicing bonsai on and off for a little over 20 years and fairly focused since Feb of 13.

 

[sorce]

This thread will feature our 4 entrants who tied for 6th place.

Please vote accordingly via likes.

Voting for the Tie-Breaker will end tomorrow, Monday, at Noon.

Comment if you wish.

Thank you.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

2minutes

And we still have a tie.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Noon mountain time.

Sorce

 

[aml1014]

Must I say it was difficult to vote, again, and it seems there's a pretty solid reason they all tied!lol

Aaron

 

[VAFisher]

I may not accept the outcome of this vote - unless I win of course.