Hoar Frost

All I can do is offer a personal opinion, and it may be completely irrelevant, but...  I generally try to avoid large patches of blue sky, especially when it's a pale blue; it just doesn't hold any interest (which is why clouds were made!).  I'm not sure what this photo is about:  you have three sections -- sky, trees, and part of a pond.  I'm just not sure what you saw or what you would like to share with viewers here.  What was it about this scene that you wanted to capture with your camera?  

I guess what I'm talking about is composition.  I can imagine finding something of interest to have as a foreground element, along with a stretch of water that has something of interest (reflection, duck, etc.), and with the trees providing an interesting backdrop.  I can also imagine some photographers concentrating on the wooden fence and finding some interesting compositions that have the fence as the main element but leading to the trees and/or pond as another significant element.

Those are just some personal thoughts; hope they are helpful to you.

Thanks very much Stephen. I can see now that the context of the image includes what I know about the location, time and place. The image means more to me than to another observer. In fact this is a English canal. It is noramlly very narrow but at certain points it widens to allow a group of canal barges to stack up waiting for entry to a lock. The lock gates can be seen in the mid distance. The amount of hoar frost is unusual in our climate. It may occur once or twice a year. The pale sky is typical of high pressure in December at this lattitude. It is also unusual and makes a nice change from grey skies. I suppose I could throw in some fluffy June clouds but it wouldn't look very authentic. Thanks for your comments, I'll try and apply what you wrote to future postings.