I agree. The bands of light and color really give this image an impact. The fact that you cropped it down to the aspect ratio to which you did draws even more attention to the banding. Lovely image, and well done.
I love this image. It has so many stories to tell. The airial perspective is especially nice. It grabs you and moves you right to the tree and then draws you into the image to explore. Very well done a 10 by me and in my favorites.
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it. -Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring