A very symbolic picture this. The leafs working their way towards the sun really shows the power sun has on this beautiful planet. And the sunburst adds life to the image just like the sun giving life to Earth.
Again, just like all your other masterpieces this visual is so common to see, yet not many notice it

Your "bonus" made the image for me and you have held the colors of leaves and the sky just right.
Thanks for sharing VMR.

Lovely image VMR. The sunburst puts this image on top !
Nice back-lighting. Liked the way the edges of the leaves stand out prominently against the dark back.drop of the tree.
If it were mine, I might consider a square crop on this one (to keep the sky, leaves in centre and the dark tree behind; exclude the right and left sections of the image).
My tastes

Sun burst through the leaf is key highlight here. A great Low angle shoot.

This is lovely. I like the blue colour of the sky and the different shades of green. The sun burst and the amazing foreground leaves are highlight of the image.

I'm not sure how I'd do it, but oof leaves on left seem a little distracting.

Beautiful Composition...loving this Though I consider to crop the left side. Its distracting...

Cheers, Rahul