Chiaroscuro

Wonderful light.

Moses, this is a superb backlit image. Did you consider perhaps either a tighter crop on the left to remove that smaller object, or even cloning it out? But in any event, this is magnificent just as it is, and your processing is spot-on. Well done! Best wishes, Chris

Nice lighting and shadows.

Thanks folks, appreciate the nice comments! Christopher, I make a point to not Photoshop my personal work unless there's something really distracting in the frame (just a personal guide rail for myself :) but yes, it certainly wouldn't hurt to have removed the small tree on the far left of the frame. Didn't bother me enough to do it though.