Death Valley Road

The word that comes to mind is "satisfying." I find the sharp up-turn of the road very satisfying. What about cropping a bit of the sky off? When I hold my hand across the top, I think it helps the image to have less sky. Just my opinion, though. This is a nice composition!

I would say "essential". In the composition, the colors... that give an abstract feeling to the image.

Strong graphic quality! Good perspective. Good abstraction of color tones.