Taken near Mt Victoria in the Blue Mountains Australia.
Two curves layers, one for the whole photo, one for the sky alone. Selective brightness / contrast. Selective dodging on the tree and parts of the valley. Burning on the distant mountains to make them more dramatic as they were quite hazy in the original.
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I'm not sure I understand the title and there's more than one tree in the photo, but I really like the way you handled the distance. Master of beauty, I say.