>>3935703>Complete beginner here.Then it's appropriate to bug you with composition before you fall into the gearfag hole.
That pic seems to have an idea but you went a bit wide for a stronger effect, at least if the idea i have in mind was similar to yours. I half-ass used a golden ratio proportion to start comp with the left-side trees to respect that you may have wanted less of it than the right side, both serve as framing for the picture which is the lake and the background tress.
You also crooked the horizon, some cameras have guide lines so don't forget to check it constantly IF you want straight horizons, obviously it will depend on your idea. Also i think there was too much foreground with the grass, i guess it serves to give an element of eye rest (which in a grassy surface translates a notion of peace) but also functions as another framing element which makes for a 3-sided one that directions the view to the dead center and upper-center, still i cut lots of it but without changing your original aspect ratio of 4:3, i think i would've liked more a 3:2 to cut even more but i rather stick with your camera's ratio; i placed a thin gray line to represent where the lower border would've been with such a crop.
And that's it, i think this was your original idea? if not then i projected a lot. If it was then it's just a few tips to maximize your idea, photography is a subtractive medium.
