Way to go with the 4.8 Karen and guess you knew this would be a shade/blur too far for the dpc masses (as you can see from the before and after comments). I'll leave the 'W' word out of my comment ;)
What a great eye to see the 'heart' in this tree! Wonderful choice of tones to go with your theme, and having the sweet spot centered works perfectly. Of course underrated, but I just don't think the community at large is ready for the lensbaby :-)
This definitely has a heart like feeling, as if I'm looking at a heart scan. Everything works well in this it was extremely underrated imo. I have the same feeling about trees, they are truly amazing organisms, the pulse of this planet.
Totally arterial, yup ma'am... My own entry in this challenge was a LB shot and it did even worse than yours. Although, to be fair, it OUGHT to have as it is sort of a disorganized mess (intentionally, but even so...) whereas yours has structure and density of meaning. I imagine the main reason you scored poorly is because the bare branches don't shout "LIFE" as much as they do "DEATH"; I haven't read the comments so I don't know.
Ahhh lensbaby. You know, man, I didn't get it first time around and I got it this time without looking at your comments. Clever use of a red tone for this. I almost see a heartshape too. Very cool.