Bonsai And Bonsai photoshoot . How to get best photo of your Bonsai.

Photographing A Bonsai : Once we finished shaping Bonsai Plant, we feel like capture the beauty of our creation in a frame. Here I am sharing some important points of Photography . These I learnt with experience, I would like to share with you all. We can start our photography shoot with our mobile. we don't need any expensive camera, Simple camera is also makes lots of difference. Then a normal simple tripod of for stable photos. For taking  good photos one need not to be a great photographer just follow some easy steps and your Bonsai photos will be marvelous. 

Back drop for photo shoot : First to show your Bonsai clearly with depth we should have a solid back ground with out any distractions. If you have plain wall that also makes a good back ground. Otherwise next step we can use Black or White colour or any other colour of plain cloth is makes a superior back ground.  when you selecting a cloth it should not be a shiny cloth, because it reflects the light.  

 

The cloth can be a velvet or 100% cotton cloth or Lekera cloth is gives a best back ground. Some times if your Bonsai is small then our coloured chart paper is perfect as a back drop. Back drop should be hang from a stand or with some support . please try to hang the cloth  straight down with out any folds.. The folds distracts the view of  main image. Our Bonsai plant can be placed in front of the backdrop on a table. We can put same cloth on table and place the plant on table. Then complete back ground will be full black and entire viewers concentration will be on Bonsai plant. Some times we can place turntable on the this table, that also gives a elegant look.

 In this photo table is covered with the same backdrop cloth

A turn table is place on the first table to place Bonsai plant

Chart paper also can be used as back drop in photography.

One more option is we can place glass sheet below Bonsai plant with black or white back drop, the reflection of the plant in the glass gives a beautiful look.

Here below we can see a detail view of White and Black drop . Both of them are good . according to our interest we can use any back ground. So always one back drop without any interruption is compulsory to show your beauty of the Bonsai  plant. 

 

To be continued in next posts with other tips like tripod placement and exposure etc.....

Bonsai - favorite subabul

My Favorite Bonsai Plant Subabul

By kapilaascreations

Everybody person who has practiced bonsai for a long timeE would have a special tree with which he will have special bonding. This tree would always have something special associated with it in spite of being simple and old.

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Subabul or Leguminosae Mimosoideae as it is commonly called in the scientific circles is one of my favorite Bonsai materials. It is a fairly common This is tropical growing plant, responds well to cutting and pruning and grows fast. It can grow to a height of sixty to seventy feet and has bi-pinnate compound leaves. The flowers are small and yellow in color. They develop in to flower pods of long four to five inches.

   I started practicing Bonsai around 15 years back this particular specimen  was my first true Bonsai. Its strong and resilient nature saw it tide through  some of my initial years as a Bonsai enthusiast, and over this long course of  time we have come closer together. I no longer look at it as tree but more as a  very close friend who has been with me always.

My Subabul Plant

   I grew interested in this tree when we were living in a bungalow in long back.There was a tall Subabul  tree growing in my front lawns and that       

inspired me 

   I collected my Subabul in 1986 with my 6 years old     son, who came with me and helped me in digging

with his tiny little hands ,and care was taken not to     hurt roots,then  the plant was planted in a bag with garden soil.  the plant  grew healthily ,we started     styling the plant by wiring and trimming the   branches,After  Two years it  was shifted  to a

square  mud  pot .

  In 1993 I became a member of BCI Bonsai club, It gave   me lots of knowledge and helped me to style and shape   my plant in correct direction .I got confidence and started jinning on my plant step by step by reading   articles and observing plants in the magazine. it was so amazing the plant won many awards and running           trophies for many consecutive years .

   Now My Bonsai Subabul is in Kishkindha Moolika Garden in Mysore under careful hands of shri.Ganapathi  Sachidanada Swamiji . Some of   my other Bonsai plants are also 
there in the garden. I am  Happy and Proud to  say it is  one among the most beautiful           Plants  collected from all  over  Asia and  standing  tall  with   other  Master  pieces. 

Some time back we made a visit to the Garden ,As soon as we entered the garden my         eyes searched for my plant, I felt very emotional and  eyes became wet .It is healthy
and growing  nicely. 

Always we have emotional affinity with our plants like kids.