Swampy Progression
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JimLewis
Rob Kempinski
handy mick
shannon
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Very nice Shannon, did you dig it from the bush/swamp or did you plant it out initially, very good transformation.
Regards Mick.
Regards Mick.
handy mick- Member
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Well doe. Nice work to use the heavy trunk as a jin and the smaller trunk as the apex. The carving looks good, like to see a close up of it.
Rob Kempinski- Member
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I was going to say the same as Rob. Most people would have used the larger trunk as the tree. I think yu made the right choice.
Amazing how plants get moved around th world. Scary, too.
Amazing how plants get moved around th world. Scary, too.
JimLewis- Member
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Very nice work. Entirely believable that the older trunk would age and die, to be replaced by the younger offshoot. I've seen this in the swamp near the national champion bald cypress in the U.S. (I live a mere 17 miles away).shannon wrote:Here is a swampy I dug around two years ago, It has come along way since then and would love to hear your thoughts on it.
Zach
Zach Smith- Member
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JimLewis wrote: Most people would have used the larger trunk as the tree.
Really? To do what with? It's boring, straight and has no taper. I think Zach hit the nail on the head. This was the perfect solution.
Ok, then.
R
Russell Coker- Member
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Really? To do what with? It's boring, straight and has no taper. I
think Zach hit the nail on the head. This was the perfect solution.
Gosh, Russell . . . I did say I thought he made the right choice. You've seemed a bit prickly lately. :?:
JimLewis- Member
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I think Russells talking about you saying that "most people would have used the larger trunk as the tree". Can't see why?
Guest- Guest
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I have to agree. Even with my 'beginners' eye, I can see that the smaller trunk was the way to go.
Harleyrider- Member
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Thanks for all your comments.
Mick I dug it from a friends back yard, he planted a row of them for future bonsai use but he lost interest, its a pity I didn't find them earlier this tree was the smallest in the row some trunks were 3ft in diameter.
Attached is a pic of the dig and I will endeavor to get a shot of the carving in the next few days soon as it stops raining
Mick I dug it from a friends back yard, he planted a row of them for future bonsai use but he lost interest, its a pity I didn't find them earlier this tree was the smallest in the row some trunks were 3ft in diameter.
Attached is a pic of the dig and I will endeavor to get a shot of the carving in the next few days soon as it stops raining
shannon- Member
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That's great Shannon, pity about your friend losing interest.
BTW, I think you need some new work boots, yours seen to have a few holes.
Regards
Mick
BTW, I think you need some new work boots, yours seen to have a few holes.
Regards
Mick
handy mick- Member
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Why is it that the more poisonous spiders, snakes, lizards and beetles there are in a country, the more likely the human population is to wear flip flops, sandals or no footwear at all?
Harleyrider- Member
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Harleyrider wrote:Why is it that the more poisonous spiders, snakes, lizards and beetles there are in a country, the more likely the human population is to wear flip flops, sandals or no footwear at all?
Hey, I resemble that remark!
Russell Coker- Member
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Hahahaha
Harleyrider: I think its our Ozzy philosophy of "she'll be right mate" that gets us though......Hahaha... That's my mates tree trunk sized legs in the pic I sent him in first to clear the way and get the first bite....
Seriously though I think growing up in OZ I have a good idea what is creeping around, where to look and importantly first aid if needed.
Harleyrider: I think its our Ozzy philosophy of "she'll be right mate" that gets us though......Hahaha... That's my mates tree trunk sized legs in the pic I sent him in first to clear the way and get the first bite....
Seriously though I think growing up in OZ I have a good idea what is creeping around, where to look and importantly first aid if needed.
shannon- Member
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Ive thought of going to Australia several times but the fauna has really put me off. Stab vest material from toenails to bald patch seemed the way forward and maybe a Kevlar mankini if your feeling really care free or brave. Seeing as most reptiles and Spiders are very sensitive to, or affraid of noise, and flip flops being the best advanced warning system in the history of the world....
Guest- Guest
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Harleyrider wrote:Why is it that the more poisonous spiders, snakes, lizards and beetles there are in a country, the more likely the human population is to wear flip flops, sandals or no footwear at all?
...for extra challenge and added adrenalin rush. Bonsai material digging and running and hiding away from forest rangers/guards are boring stuffs.
regards,
jun
Guest- Guest
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Seriously its not that bad over here, Look at the swampies you can find.
Just don't look in the hole next to the tree
Mick
Just don't look in the hole next to the tree
Mick
handy mick- Member
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