Along a lonely road in the Margaret River region of Western Australia I spotted this lonely tree in a field. Without my telephoto lens and not quite willing to jump a fence to get closer I tried to capture the picture I had in my head as best I could. This was pretty much exactly what I was trying to get!

Nikon D5000
Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 55mm
f/5.6
HDR
1/1000s (0, +/- 2.0 EV, handheld)
ISO 200
Raw
Merged with Photomatix Pro 4.1.1
Further alterations with ACR 6.7