Pacific Bonsai Museum

During our recent visit to Seattle, our host impulsively changed one of our destinations from a classic car museum to the Pacific Bonsai Museum, which turned out to be fortuitous because the Pacific Bonsai Museum appears to be in danger of closing, or at least moving – I am having trouble finding information online. I thought we got this information from the information staff.

This is an outdoor museum, hosted on the grounds of a former Weyerhauser campus, and was a very peaceful visit for us, as we were virtually the only guests (a weekday afternoon). I know nothing about bonsai, so I took a lot of pictures, as did our host, and my Arts Editor picked out the best of mine. We were somewhat hampered by suboptimal lighting conditions – it was too bright, the shadows too abrupt.

This first set are classic pictures – the subject centered and presented, almost informationally.

Perhaps to portray a bit of a wind?

Lovely fall foliage.

A lovely image of life and death.

Some of the bonsai had painted backgrounds. My Arts Editor didn’t seem to approve.


I find I prefer more dramatic shots, and here’s what I managed to get by my Editor in that category.

Some OK use of shading.







Then there’s this, just sitting there under the tree. I have no idea as to its nature.


We did run across another visitor, and I’m amazed at how well this shot came out.

All in all, a relaxing and fun time.

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