Wonderful light and textures in this shot. I wonder what it was about it that the voters didn't like? Maybe it was not rated high because the voters like to be handed a definite subject in a shot.
With the strong colours throughout this image, and not much real distinction between oranges and greens, the tree doesn't really stand out as the subject.
good image but I think that there are two problems. the first is on the hdr, too much strong, the tree is lost in the colours. the second is on the sky, the white isn't beautiful and you could obtain a better colour for it. 6