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.....

How to make Ficus Green island plant on a rock

Dear Friends I am sharing development of Ficus green island plant and its long journey. the first and second photo was taken long back, that time we don't have any digital photography, it is a print out. This photo is taken in 1995. Actually the plant was bought in 1993 from a nursery. Then I kept in a rock. and allowed it to grow. During the growing period lots of changes takes place in plant trunk line started thickening and roots are coming out of  rock.

This is the First photo of the plant during 1995

This photo was taken on May 2nd 2020.

This is recent photo. some did ramification was done on plant and started removing all criss-cross roots and given a fresh look to the plant. After defoliation many new leaves are started growing and they are in smaller size when compared to last year leaves size. The Plant is having great time this summer and growing nicely.

 The below link shows howto defoliate leaves of Bonsai plant to reduce the size of the leaves

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The Story Of A Oldest Bonsai

                            The Story Of A Oldest Bonsai

         The oldest Bonsai plant is said to be 800 years old . It is in Japan Happo en Garden of Tokyo. Now it is in a private   restaurant garden. This tree growing in a antique pot which is as old as an Bonsai tree . The pot has also have an importance as a  antique pot .This  grand old  still living Bonsai is an attraction to Bonsai lover visiting Tokyo .

The growing Bonsai is from Egyptian era 4000 BC. The images of miniature trees are seen on rock containers in the period of Pharaoh Ramesses was used to donate olive and other miniature plants to various temples. The Japanese art of Bonsai is actually derived from Chinese practice of making Bonsai which is called as Penjing in 6th century. In the Indian pre common Era that is several medicinal plants are grown in miniature manner in 6000 BC Era as they called as Vamana vrusha means dwarf plants.

This is eleven junipers created by well known Bonsai master John Y Naka in 1948 and named Goshin means Protector of spirit .Naka donated to the National Bonsai Foundation in 1984. Ever since it is displayed in United States National Arboretum. It is one of the beautiful oldest Legend in Bonsai trees.

Master Kobayashi is the owner of this   800 years old beautifully shaped Shunkaen tree. And won  several awards for his excellence in Bonsai art,