I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: This looks to live somewhere between a bspurgeon and a skewsme - a pretty good photographic place to be! I really like the way you have captured both detail and glow here. jagar manages that in his street shots and I always like how it looks. This technique really emphasises texture and light and gives the image a well defined artistic identity.
Critical stuff: I'm not keen on the border - it constrains the image and given the grey of the branches - I'd quite enjoy seeing it merge into the DPC grey (the default 1px border aside)
Overall: An image that is true to itself and good at being so!