Technically, the exposure is without fault. The silhouette is nice an sharp. I can't help but wonder hat the wider view might have shown us. The sky, what I can see of it, seems very nice and the colours look great. I think I would have liked to have seen more of it. JMO.
Wow, that Is a nice tree. Beautiful how the clouds are glowing. The lines of the tree and in the clouds seem to lead you eye around the picture, fantastic.
I don't care for the title...I might have used 'Winter Tree' or 'Winter Colors'. I would of liked the tree moved a bit closer to center and backed out a little bit on the composition to add more of the gorgeous colors of the sky to the image. I think overall this has a chance at a ribbon. I gave it an eight.