Composition: 8
Technical: 8, A little busy, but focus on trunks helps minimize that
Appeal: 9, Great shadows on tree trunks. I like the background darkened to keep attention on foreground
Challenge: 9
Overall Calculated Average Score: 9
Photographing a forest is not easy, and I feel you pushed the contrast a bit to much, in order to create this b&w sceen. Unfortunatly the back of the forest has a dull grey zone. If you would like to make it grey I think it would be better if it were out of focus