Bonsai tree

After. Ezo spruce bonsai by Tomohisa Fujikawa.

At first glance you might think that just changing the planting angle is the whole story here. True, it’s a big part of the story and changing the planting angle so radically and making it look so natural is no mean feat. But if you take a closer look at the before picture (below) and the after picture (above) you might notice that there’s more than first meets the eye.
 
Before. With a little wiring and a little trimming, you could leave it as it is and still have an exceptional bonsai.



A little creative thinking. If you mask the top of the tree (after the transformation), this is what you come up with.


Source: Bonsai Bark