I suggest a better composition effect would be to have the dead tee on the left so the other tree is completely in the frame. Here you have cut it out and placed the other one right in the middle. Lighting is, of course, great, and the lower right corner is fabulous. I'm not sure if a dark image was intended, but a slower shutter speed would have brightened things up, perhaps for the better. I think this would look stunning as a monochrome image. Why not try it and see?
Very moody, has the feeling of a painting to it. I like the color a lot, and the simplicity of the composition. As Fabs mentioned, the one minor issue with the comp is the trees in the background merging with your foreground tree, I think just a shift to the right would have given you that separation, and strengthened the overall composition. Great eye to capture this scene.
I would have done three compositions with this. One of the main subject w/o the BG tree. In that comp, a centralized placement of the tree is OK IMO. One with the FG tree on the left and the BG tree on the right and not clipped. The third would be the FG tree and the BG tree right in line and centralized in the frame. Not sure if the third would work but I would have made it and decided later.
Great job visualizing the possibilites here. I wish I was with you that morning.
Morning in the Bosque del Apache
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