That's one of the lessons of landscape photography that you're constantly reminded about. So, when I was in Yosemite in September 2016, I tried to make myself think about that advice. This, I think, was the best result of that.
I think for an image like this, it's all about the processing: Do you get the attention directed to where you need to have it directed? Of course the composition is important. But that's like the raw ingredient. It can be a wonderful composition but be ruined by poor processing that fails to bring out the very best the picture has to offer.
I think this has ended up as a reasonable image, but I'm always interested to read the comment and critique of colleagues on here.
Yosemite Roots