The island ...

The island .
  Việt Nam Nha Trang bay has many island ... Invite you enjoy a miniature island , is described by the following landscape stone ...
  Thanks for your enjoy .
  Sincerely ,
  Hưng - Trần .

Would it not be advisable to grow moss on the very flat part of this stone? I ask because that flat part looks a little unnatural, and since Viet Nam is very lush...

Hello Precarious ,
I am grateful to your comments and i understand this is a very good perceived of you... However I would imagine easily that this plane ran round the mountain it is as quiet sea ... You think so !?
I wish you good night .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Oh I can see it as a peaceful sea Hưng - Trần, yes. Placed in a tray of water, I was not able to see it that way but with your suggestion it becomes obvious.

As a stuent of suiseki, I appreciate the stone being placed in water as it makes enough subtle suggestion as it being an island. More so then if it were in a dai. yet the dai could have been carved in such a way to express waves. Which we often see in chinese efforts.
Yet David's suggestion to grow moss in an effort to make the stone more believeable in It's country of origin is quite a natural progression. Yet not quite within the ground rules of stone appreciation, japanese style.
Still as different cultures contribute in their own way, and folks like David continue to see things, I think it opens up new roads for the imagination.

This was my first collected suiseki. It caught my attention because the mountain rock was dark yet the sides in patches were green, just as if the mountain was covered by forests. That's why I find the thought of growing moss as a natural effort to create this feeling....

To me is Trantanhungs stone a pretty much perfect dohaishi, to the japanese liking.
In a trad. daiza, would I love to add the stone to my small Collection.

Kind regards Yvonne

Welcome Yvonne Graubaek , dick Benbow , Precarious , and all Friends Members IBC Forum
I am very happy to meet you here and now , and many more , you are the comments and encouragement for the landscape stone that I loved ...
Thanks for your enjoy and share .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

I love vietnamese stones as they have great color and shape.

I appreciate Yvonne's passion for stones and her no nonsense stick to the japanese rules approach. Great for others to learn from. ( and me too)

I quess what I appreciate here on IBC is the willingness to share ideas and mutual respect for all opinions or insights....

Hello dick Benbow ,
I appreciate and thank you post your comment . I sent you a next landscape stone . Invite you to enjoy and share , I like to hear your comment .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần

you have many great stones to share. It reminds me of rolling hills and I looked for a small town down in the valley...

Hello dick Benbow ,
Did you as traveling on small stone describe my landscape ( stone ) .
Thank you for the comments and full of fun memories of you ...

Invited to you more this stone describe the scene again ...

Instead of a temple I could see here the figure of a lighthouse here where I live, keeping ships away from the shore,
Interesting how light the rock is, and yet how dark and wonderful when wet. Think before a show or judging would need to be sprayed with water pretty heavily.

thanks for your sharing...

Love the hard stonequality, color and patina... dry, or drying up in the suiban...But it does look to me, as if the stone is turning its back at the viewer   .

Kind regards Yvonne

Hello dick Benbow ,
Thanks for your enjoy and share your experience .
Sincerely .
Hưng - Trần .

Hello Yvonne Graubaek
When I turning the stone ...
Yvonne you like it ? It is a corner stone of different photography .
Thanks sharing your comments .

Hi Trantanhung

Now is 2/3 of the stone orientated towards the viewer....a much better front, now you can see the landskape....had the last part also done this, would the stone have been perfect, but it is still a nice stone.

Kind regards Yvonne

Hello Yvonne , and My Friends Members IBC Forum ,
Next below, also describe the landscape stone ( ISLAND ) . Invites you to enjoy and share comments .
Thank you .
Hưng - Trần .

This stone's bottom seems to have been deliberately cut flat. Is that so?

I know some purists have a problem with that, but it just makes things easier when it comes to making a dai presentation or one in a suiban.

I like the perspective of movement and distance that this stone expresses.

Hello dick Benbow ,
You will see the natural bottom of it tomorrow ... ( almost flat ... and very easy to implement DAIZA for it )
Many thanks for sharing your concerns .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello dick Benbow ,
Here is the natural bottom flat of it ...

Here is the next corner of photography ...

If only all our stones could come this way...
Thanks for sharing

Hello dick Benbow ,
THanks for your experience sharing .
With me , one of my habit of SUISEKI Stone is ... before we put them in the DAIZA , I usually put them in SUIBAN with sand and water ,... for to look at them in the best way ...!?
Example the landscape stone below :

Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

beautiful stones