I was drawn to this pine tree by the soft natural light coming from high camera left. It looked like a good opportunity to do a portrait of a pine tree, using natural Rembrandt lighting!
This was shot with a 70-200 mm f/2.8L zoom telephoto on a tripod from a distance of about 100 yards. It was shot in Aperture priority mode set at f/8 and ISO 400.
-CGTTL