I tried so many takes on this tree. This is the best by now. I feel I am 80% there.
What fascinates me about this tree is the enormous entanglement of the twigs, whe woolly appearance in summer almost like a sheep in green and yellow...
Taken as 12 pics with my AIS 4/200 Micro on D600, converted into BW using Nik HDR Efx, then curved and sharpend using Photoshop CC standard tools. The JPEG is 104 Megabyte and 105.6 Megapixels
right click | view image to see the Elephant head shaped hole in the tree. What a piece!