Bare naked trees 2013

I love this time of year, deciduous tree transplanting (here in L.A. anyhow), football playoffs,75 degree days ( at least today, a week ago the low was 26) and the Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai annual Winter Silhouette Show. This year marks the 49th annual show.
This is the only show of its kind in the U.S.-every tree is displayed in its bare form.
I'll apologize in advance about the quality of some of the shots, the lighting in the show hall is terrible. So without further ado here is a selection of the trees.

Contorted Catlin Elm

Pomegranate

 Shohin display

  Chinese Elm

 Red Birch

 Suiseiki and Chinese Elm

 Shohin Display

 Trident Maple

 Crepe Myrtle

Trident Maple 

 Scrub Oak

 Korean Hornbeam

 Liquidambar Orientalis

Catlin Elm 

 Sejiu Elm

 Flowering Plum

 Chinese Elm

 Japanese Hornbeam

 Crepe Myrtle

Chinese Elm 

 Trident Maple

 Liquidambar

 Princess Persimmon

 Chinese Elm

 Trident Maple

 Chinese Elm

Congratulation to Baikoen for another amazing exhibition. I can't wait to see the 50th anniversary show.
Thanks to all for reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed seeing these bare naked trees. As always all comments or suggestions for future blogs are welcome.