Todd, I like it...it's creepy in a nice way! Time's arms reaching out to reclaim the rusted remnants of civilization, or something similar.
I "might" crop a bit from the left, same to the right to eliminate the sliver of shadow running along the edge. You're already playing around with "reality," so why not?
yeah, this is completely uncropped here, as I shot it. There is a star that I lose, if I crop (Hey, I was fighting for every star I could get and keep this framing! lol ).
I actually used 1deg of tilt on the left side and about 5 degrees of shift downward. I was trying to keep everything either pointing at the car, or not visible at all. The plane of focus is right behind the unbroken headlight.
I guess I could crop here, as it certainly doesn't add that much to the image and the old adage, if it's not adding, then it's subtracting comes to mind here.
Is the branch and the trunk being visible detract too much? I was trying to give the viewer an explanation of what they were seeing, and not dismiss as a photoshop layer clumsily laid over the top. I lined the branch up with the skyline in order to not break the lines.
Does that work for you?(editing to add that did not mean to be smartass in any way. I'm genuinely wondering if the story is being conflicted with too many elements?
That is very creative. I like that shadow in the foreground, pretty cool. I would only crop a bit off the right side to lose that small bit of shadow on that edge, maybe go for a 4:5 format crop.
I've re-cropped the trunk of the tree off in the right corner, since it seemed to distract many of you. I think it works better now, thanks!
I have another lower version, without the tree branch, but honestly, I think it needs the branch in order to keep the image believable. (I'm afraid many will see it and think the shadow is just photoshopped in). Is this a valid concern?
Time's arms reaching out to reclaim the rusted remnants of civilization, or something similar.