Ent's 2nd Cousin (Lord of the Rings)by
kebmod54Comment by zeuszen: Spectacular subject, good choice of black and white for the purpose, reasonable vertical composition.
I would wish for a marginally increased focal length (or distance to the dead tree) to allow for a slightly wider crop, especially at the top of the image and to the left of the foreground fir.
The horizon, also, runs quite centrally. Inclusion of, proportionately, more sky would, IMO, make for a more pleasing and expansive composition.
Overall, the photo reveals excessive contrast (proliferated in the foreground grass and along the limbs of tree), due, perhaps, to over-sharpening. Given the nature of this image, it makes good sense to me to want to draw attention to texture. Excessive contrast, as evidenced here, leads to blown out highlights and loss of detail.
Nevertheless an interesting photo and, IMO, one worth re-shooting, possibly via a gamut of exposures.
