sunset and tree

[jonny4now]

not sure if I want to leave the tree kind of merging with the sky, or make it pop out a bit more. Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks again

[Amira]

I am a newbie of course but as an avid appreciator of the art of photography, I admire how you caught the vivid colors in the sky. I would love to see the tree silhouete against the sky and create some interesting contrast, or even faded out more to really accentuate the sunset (rise?). Right now it's kind of in between the two for me. But a beautiful shot altogether!

[jonny4now]

thanks, I wish I could have caught all that color by myself...not sure if I am breaking a golden rule here, somone please inform me if I am or not...but photoshop helped me out with the colors on this one!

[Canadian Mum]

I'm quite new too, but I believe the post processing is fine.
I think I would use it to bring up the contrast of the tree so that it is part of the picture more.
Also, I think it would have been a little better had you kept a little more of the tree in the shot... a bit of trunk would have added to it -- IMHO

[jonny4now]

i tried to keep as much of the tree in the picture as possible, but the sky kind of..droped off right here, going from sunset to just open white, to much going on, way to distracting

[JCoveney]

The post processing doesn't bother me, but the loss in quality of the tree does. I wish it was more prominent, anchoring us in a sense of reality. As is, it's a blurry distraction. Was this due to the picture, or the processing?

[jonny4now]

processing caused that. Any ideas on how to get it back? i dont have the original anymore!