I am fairly new to photography so be gentle with me on any comments.

[Michael Townsend]

 

[Andy Smith]

Hi Michael and welcome to the forum, nothing to worry about on harsh comments here to be fair, most people are very kind and offer great advice.
Your image is lovely to start of with, nice composition, colours and great depth in it.

 

[Morexp57]

Welcome to this forum M Michael Townsend.
I like your first image and I’m waiting to see more!

 

[lightmuncher]

Welcome. As others have said, we offer advice to those who want to expand on their creativity. The most important thing is, not to get too hung up about things, just enjoy the craft/art of photography. And like any art form, its subjective. Like your photo.

 

[Jack]

Hi M Michael Townsend . Welcome on board. That's a beautiful photo there, please share more and feel free to get engaged in comments and posting.

If you have any questions regarding the forum. Please do ask.

 

[markmullen]

It's beautiful light, and for me the composition is nearly there, I think I'd have tried to get the bottom of the tree in shot, with a bit of room ideally, to make it a foreground interest rather than obscuring the crepuscular rays. Maybe getting down low would have allowed you to get the whole tree in, or maybe you'd have had to abseil into death to get that angle, I don't know, but those would be my recommendations to make an already good shot even better. It's a cracking shot for a beginner so keep up the good work.