Happy loneliness

It does glow! The branches have very strong lines, so there's a lot to look at. Interesting title. It almost looks like 2 trees to me that are intertwined -- like a couple.

The background is a little distracting for me, since it's also made up of branches and shrubbery with earthy colors. I would be tempted do see if you could burn that down a little.

i love how the tree stands out agains the background....wish it wasnt cut on top..

Excellent lines and light and you got nice separation of the tree from the background.

The trees stand out really well from the rest of the BG. The scattered snow still catches the attention a bit. Image would look better without it (just my thoughts).
I'm not sure if its my monitor but the tree look slightly over-sharpened.
Thanks for sharing.

The tree really glows Dorin. I like the long lens compression and it being separated from the background. The picture must have been taken from a weird angle those tree's in the background sure have a lean to them. The snow really doesn't bother me. Nicely done. Cheers

I love how the tree stands out from the background in this shot, as others have said it has a bit of a glow to it that is really striking. I would be tempted to crop a bit of the right side to move the tree up towards the upper right corner. Maybe this would balance better with the detail in the lower left corner??

I like the ghostly light here Dorin.

I really like the way the tree pops off the background, and the depth of field you used seems to be perfect towards accentuate this effect. I also noticed the awkward angle of the trees in the background, though.

Wow, great light and comp! I could see cropping off a small amount from the left side...

The character of light here is totally unique. You used it to very good advantage. This is both mysterious and quite beautiful to me.

the tree stands out well. i wonder if an even shallower DOF wouldn't have taken that even further?

I really like the this tree. Nice the way in which it glows. The lower part of the BG competes for attention, but for me it is minimal.
Great work, mate!

gio

I really like this Dorin. The tree glows against that background. maybe I would go for a vertical composition, reducing a bit the left and right areas of background, and setting the main tree climbing the format in a diagonal way. If you want more critics, I would have left the background a bit more out of focus...maybe f5.6 or so...But trust me, the image is great as it is already! Take care!

I'm going to take a chance here
Whats the chance? Now, if we got beer tickets instead of comments, i might understand...
Seriously, Ill get to the point--i like the idea but it falls short for me, too messy in the bg. I think a shallower DOF (blurred bg) might have pulled it off for me.

Dorin,

Hey, can't make any progress if you don't take a chance!

I really like the light or glow of this tree relative to the bg. The though the very bottom of the trunks seems brighter than the rest? Maybe because it's closer to the snow? But I would burn that down or crop some off the bottom. The bits of snow don't bother me here. The only suggestion I have would be to remove much of the magenta that I see in the background, but maybe it's just me.

Lon

I can see how shallower depth of field could possibly impove this but still I find it a fascinating image which I keep coming back to look at. I absolutely love it, very well done. Tristan

Thank you so much for all the comments and suggestions. Sorry I couldn't respond sooner. I can see the distractions of the background and I'll try to address those. Also, I'll try some crop variations to see how it looks.
Raymond, Jason, the trees were quite leaned and I accentuated this by positioning the camera so I would have a better angle for the main subject.
Lon, you are right about the bottom trunks.
The main reason I'm a bit upset on myself is that I simply didn't think of a shallower depth of field at the moment of capture, but darkening and removing a bit of color from the background might be a solution. It's so cool that I can get priceless suggestions here.

Neat tree Dorin. I like how the tree stands out in a glowing standard kind of way. The oof background helps and anchors the tree up front. The bg could stand to be a bit darker for effect but otherwise I do likey, ya I said likey.

Nicely done

Just lovely!

It really glows! A very interesting capture. It takes a good eye and open mind to see this!