leatherback wrote:

Auk wrote: Not responding doesn't mean I don't like this, but just that I don't think I have something useful to add, but it's not nice not getting any response so there it goes:

Thx. on the Dutch forum it took 5 days before 1 person responded. I think there are 2 responses there. I think I will stop posting there. Makes no sense to have a forum where people do not respond on posts

...guilty as charged...i didnt respond there either.. I really like how you placed the trees together, very natural look/feel. One question though: the biggest tree has a lot of branches cluttered on the top third, any plans with these?

As two people called me out..

Of COURSE I could not resist and I found myself a few days after the previous picture sitting with tools nearby and gave it a little trim thinning the canopy. Used a few guy wires to fix the position of the trees with respect to eachother. It is now in the shed waiting for the current cold spell passes by (I did do a lot of invasive rootwork on all of these). And yes that is really all the styling it gets untill fall, besides the normal midsummer trim to create airspace..:

I 'm always find it difficult to comment a forrest, it's even harder on a picture.
But (there's always a but......) I wouldn't put the smallest trees on the back

FrankC wrote: I wouldn't put the smallest trees on the back

why is that? smallest trees in the back give it depth in my opinion.

quite right, Taller tree should be at the front, of course that does not mean it must be.it is all to do with perspective, I think it is well done, and will fill out nicely. My Larch are mainly fully out now, so these are way behind.

The smallest is indeed in the back in order to give it perspective.

The trees are slow as I keep it out of the sun, and have kept the trees out of the sun ever since late Feb when I reduced the rootballs.

I'm not convinced. It might be right when the trees are dormant, but once they are completely in leaf , well in this case needles, the big ones will cover the smaller ones and your dept is gone. But, I could be complete wrong, I hope you prove me wrong.

I find most forests look bad in summer. I have my deciduous mostly for the winter image.

But.. The spring image is nice enough I think?

It just needs some moss :whistle: