Country Lane

Hi Dennis. Generally the first thing I see (or don't) is the framing of a subject. If I don't notice it, that's probably a good thing.

In this case, your subject is dead smack in the middle. And given the title, I am not sure if the tree and flowers is the subject or if it is the contrast between the road and the tree or....

I wonder what it would look like had you been further back from the tree and flowers and had more road. You could have also stood in the middle of the road if you wanted to have the mailbox, flowers and trees hold detail. I use the "rule of thirds" often when I evaluate my own images and it works for me. At times, the subject can be dead center or in a non-traditional location in the image. In this case, I think you would have a very usable image had it fit with the thirds guideline. That, too, may have helped the underexposed spot in the trees become less noticable.

With different framing, I imagine this would be a nice shot!