North Lake Fall Tour - Need critiques

After a tiring full day of fall photograhy in the Bishop Calif. area, we were

returning to Bishop via the North Lake road. As we drove through the

canopy of trees and I saw the difused and alternately striped shade

patterns on the road, I backed the car up, and with car door ajar,

grapped a few quick shots without much set-up and then continued our

drive home. I was presently surprised when I opened the file. As it turns

out, I have a wide-open lens and fast shutter speed and probably lost

some sharpness throughout the photo

I would consider cropping some of the foreground out. Beautiful colors. Nice shot.

Yes, I see the difference in cropping out some of the foreground. With 2 inches gone, the shadow bands on the road have a better balance (almost fibonacci-like) and the end of road perspective is more closely aligned with the rule of thirds.  Good call. Thanks.