So, what do you do with an image that the judges say has too much gorgeous, brooding (but "empty") sky in it? You put something in the sky. This is a composite. The cow palace is in Virginia and the balloons are in Clovis. (The discerning viewer will detect that the sunlight on the balloons and on the building don't match). But, I like it, anyway.
I still have the original image and I like the expanse of stormy sky, the highlights on the grasses in the foreground and the textures of the building. And, then, you have that tree growing in the silo.