Nice natural location and view. The tree is fine, though a little chaotic, and makes a strong silhouette against the sky. Leafless trees are often useful for this. It is a shame that the branches hang down into the distant hills, breaking the contour of the silhouette and muddling the foreground with the distance. You have exposed the sky perfectly, the white tones of the cloud have kept all their detail but the ground is underexposed pretty severely and has become this very unnatural black and empty space with no detail whatsoever. There is of course nothing wrong with empty black space with no détail whatsoever, art can have infinite forms, but you won’t win a landscape photography competition with a technically incorrect exposure. Next time you could try a neutral density grad filter to reduce light from the sky, making it possible to expose the ground better.
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