Bonsai !!!
by ShutterPug

Comment:
The tree is too dark.

Solitude
by ShaneBlake

Comment:
Great composition and the title is very apt! The tree is a bit blurry on the right side and looks a bit over sharppened (or you used too much dodge on it). There are also major JPEG artifacts in the sky. The clouds are primo and the stark beauty of the scene sublime! :)

Island in the Desert
by tsteinmetz

Comment:
I would like it better with the tree offset to the right, a bit more detail in the forground, and less flat grey cloud above. But a very pretty shot.

Lonely at the Top
by Neil

Comment:
Wonderful! The only nit-pick is the tree looks a bit soft on my monitor, but that is not effecting the score because this is a wonderful shot and it is most likely from resizing if it isn't just my monitor (or my morning blurry eyes!!! MORE COFFEE!!!! LOL) a 10!

Rebirth
by BeeCee

Comment:
Nice but too much negative space. It does serve to focus on the subject of the image, but it is just too black!

The Pinnacle
by kari1

Comment:
Is this a tree? Would a hat tree work too?

Clints and Grykes
by Falc

Comment:
Nice leading lines, but the tree is a bit dark.

Between the Peaks
by jfwolpert

Comment:
OK, rule of thirds be damned, this is a cool image. BUT you have a whole bunch-o-sky that is not doin' jack for it! I would crop it to a pano! Also, I am not sure about the "spotlight" thing on the tree. Looks like it was dodged a bit too much. For this challenge it is ok, but I don't really like it. For general use of the image, I would use USM on the whole range and present it as a pano. But that is just me...

Sunset Twins
by kingsley

Comment:
hmmmm a SINGLE tree....

From the Rubble
by DefyTime

Comment:
Cool image, but I would like it with the tree offset better.