"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
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> Beautiful picture, Jeremy.  The command of texture is remarkable. Its 
> understated use here compliments a greater sense of beauty through 
> simplicity. Conceptually the picture is a sophisticated play on miniature, 
> fantasy, and depiction itself.  The introduction of the ivy on the bonsai 
> has me puzzled, but that aside, I see a wealth of possibilities here.

Thank you!  :-)  For me, it simply represents a lot of 
fantasy/feelings/interests that I have.  If I tap into my own emotions, I 
just have to hope that it works for someone else as well.  What is the girl 
looking at?  It's a simple answer, but it means a lot of work for me.  I 
hope I can pull it off.  No, I'm not telling what it is.  ;-)

Ivy...  Hmmm...  What do you do when you have a part of your picture that 
you want to cover up?  :-)  Like I said in another post, the tree-bark was 
causing me grief.  I finally got it to look pretty good, but I still had 
this large trunk that just seemed too bare.  For real bonsai, I think that's 
often the look that they strive for (bare trunks), but they have real bark, 
and real trees, not TomTree's.  I tried various tree rotations, ways of 
lighting, etc.  Regardless, I decided I liked the ivy, because, at least in 
my mind, it adds a touch of age-old gothic mystery to the tree*, as well as 
adding some shadows to otherwise bland places.  But I have considered 
re-growing it with different parameters, as it really gets bunched-up in the 
middle of the tree.

I'm still considering it a WIP, but I'm also planning to move on to the next 
in the series.  I've often thought of doing a series, but I never had a 
decent concept.  But now, I have at least 3 other images in mind already. 
Wish me luck.

*I may expand on that concept in a subsequent image.

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