I actually opened up the shadows in the limbs a bit because I thought the silhouette looked a bit too contrived. I was trying to incorporate both cloud and tree detail to be seen as one object as if, if you would grant me a bit of artistic interpretation, it was a lamp lighting a ceiling, rather than one against the other as if showing a lamp and shade.
Half the time I spend in the woods, I spend looking up. Up is so often an overlooked dimension to landscapes. Let me see what I can do as per building a better contrast without losing my original intent. Thanks for the input.