Very nice BW. Good eye for composition here, I love how all the various shades are represented in those trees with just the perfect amount of negative space here and there to keep the shot lively. This won't score as well as it should, but here's a 9 from me.
I'm not voting, just commenting on a few I like in this challenge. I liked how this looked like broken glass in the thumb and I am not dissappointed at veiwing the full size one either.
This is a great "image w/o subject" photo. The only thing that would makes this better is if the blacks in this photo were pure black and the some of the trees didn't have blown detail.
ansel adamsesque, im sure many here know the shot im thinking of. i really enjoy the fading into the background, but the contrast is waay to high in this shot. great idea though, id be interested to see the original afterwards.