Congrats on your top 10 finish and personal best score. What makes this outstanding is the detail, lighting and clarity in all the gnarled trees. It give the image a very "Harry Potter" (magical and mystical) look and feel.
Wonderful image, the trees are superb - where is it?
In Helsingborg (ca 40 minutes from Copenhagen, but on the Swedish side)
Its leading from a Castle (Pålsjöslott) out to a viewpoint overlooking Öresund (the street between Denmark and Sweden) where you can se the Castle of Hamlet on the other side.
This photo is just incredible. Despite the extremes of light and dark, you were able to light the back of the subject and simultaneously capture the subtle colorations of the trees and leaves. I hope you will share with us a little about how you were able to capture and process this shot.