A last minute entry.
I've just returned from holiday, and found this challenge might fit a pic to enter my first challenge:)
The photo was taken in the morning on a beach in Croatia of a tree used as shade for sunbathing.
Opened the raw in NC then resized and saved as jpg.
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Although I think I understand the sentiment behind this photo (I also enjoy how trees look from below), the photo does not hold my eye from lack of color, detail and choice of composition. However, seeing as how the subject was incredibly backlit and dark in color, it is a triumph to have achieved the detail you have.