the big oak

[leeroix]

spotted this big ol oak tree in a meadow on the way to boonville this weekend. it was there all by itself, so i had to take its picture. originally, i tried an HDR version, but it turned out horribly. so i scrapped it. this is however, a picture from the bracket. it was difficult to shoot with the sun beaming in from the back.

big oak by keips66, on Flickr
thoughts?

 

[Light Guru]

I find the sun spot to be quite distracting.

 

[leeroix]

yah, tried to get it behind the trunk. but i failed.