I like the split toning feature in Lightroom, I was able to fine tune the shadow and highlight areas for the amount of sepia toning I wanted. I tried toning highlights blue and the contrast between the warm shadows and cool highlights gave an impression of higher contrast so I shifted toward warm.
what you see is not a tree growing in the middle of the trail... it's a tree that has broken off high up and has fallen top-first into the ground. Imagine what that must have sounded like when it broke and then when it hit and broke again... yikes...