Bare
by LevT

Comment:
Yup. Nailed it.

Branch of Light!
by AzCKelly

Comment:
Sorry, I can't really agree with your branch interpretation. Not a full markdown as it almost fits. There is a very slight sun branch or sun beam coming off the trees below. It is overshadowed too much by the gash in the clouds.

Technically, you know about the speck. Crooked horizon.

Interesting sky pic though

A nice nature composition
by Wilson Low

Comment:
Soft focus. This is a landscape. There is no clear highlighting of a branch.

Nice colours though

TINE
by SDW

Comment:
Picturesque scene. You should have shot "Bambi" with a tranq and cleared away the cluttering branches.... oh uhm maybe not.

Forgive me if I'm off on this, but this looks like a really well photoshop rescued pic. I voted another pic down because the visual cue on this pic is an antlered animal. The visual relationship to branch is a little too much for me. Not beyond reason though.

St. Charles canyon fallen tree
by fubusmomma

Comment:
Uhm. It's a tree. Still not liking the idea of trees being branches. Could you have walked closer and taken a picture that highlighted a branch?

Endeavor
by lilylily

Comment:
I assume the point of this picture was to depict a challenge to a tree-climbing youth based on the title?

Technical issues would include blown area on the left, with chromatic aberrations, slight clockwise tilt, No focus anywhere in the picture and low contrast (probably the cause of the loss of focus)

Good that you made the effort to submit though. It is always good when you see how you can improve.

Suggestions might include cropping the left side off the shot and boosting contrast in PS. The shot ultimately needs to be retaken. It would be much more interesting if there was a young boy either looking up, contemplating climbing the tree or in the process of climbing the first few lower branches. A narrow vertical crop would add the feeling of height. Changing to a narower aperture (higher number) might make focusing a little easier.

After writing all of that, I think I just noticed that there is a bird. Sorry.

Young Branch
by Twyla

Comment:
Sorry, these don't look young. Young branches are typically a brighter colour with a green core. They usually ahven't gone to seed either. I'm probably not qualified to say this, but I think a slightly tighter crop on the bottom and the left would make this picture more appealing. I did not remove points for the young branch title.

Branches
by ph223048

Comment:
While I think this photo is really great, I find there are a lot of distracting elements in it that are obviously way beyond the control of the photographer.

The bird itself appears to merit a 10, but I can't go there because of these distractions.

Hangin' On By A Limb
by jonnie

Comment:
Nice tree. Nice framing. Ugly Fence.

That's not your fault though, and you captured it well.

Bourbon and a branch...JR's favorite
by groundbeef

Comment:
Looks good, Nice lighting. Too bad about the softness.