danlegere

Love the contrast and glow.

Amazing, I thought it was a manipulation of clouds, then realised its shaking dirt off!

@a n Hi, it is single exposure using Nikon D40, sigma 10-20mm, polarizor. f11, 1/2s, ISO200. Shot in the evening just after sunset.

For PP, I did some dodgeing on the tree and foreground, USM on the sky to bring out he cloud texture, and used some masked curves to balance the brightness of the sky and ground.

Thanks

@Zsolt Andras Szabo Thank you. The composition is achieved from being only about 5feet from the base of the tree with my camera a foot off the ground, if you google Burmis Tree, you'll see that the tree is actually very different shape in real life, being top heavy, rather than bottom heavy like in this shot. 

As for the strap, that is what inspired the name. The tree is a historical icon in the area, and people are so afraid of losing it that they have intervened after it has fallen, or broken apart, and aged. There are many bolts, braces, and polls supporting it.