well this is about the prettiest ive seen. i really like it
scan lines arent too apparant, colors are all well lit, sig has flow
as for somehting missing, its always a personal thing of mine to add a border. something of this size and mangnitude needs something soft around the edges.
I think it'd look better without the massive abuse of olverlayers. I'm not really feeling all the Yellow Pixies either. It's a nice photo for the most, and your concept started well, but you sorta choked it towards the end. I like the swirls toward the bottom though.
v2 is alot better but your title "remain untouched" is hypocritical since the tree has many effects on it. the swirl and the line is nice but the yellow highlights are too overpowering try lowering the opacity and i think it would look alot better maybe do some burning dodging or blurring to add some more depth in the tree itself. good job overall though haha.
i really like it but i dont like the "touched" text and above that you can see grass that looks like you just took a picture from you backyard(i dont like that)