unsuccessful attempt

Love the composition as a whole, but I feel like even though it has an obvious focus I am distracted by the surroundings; specifically the long grey area in the middle of the trees.

Great balance of light & dark from left to right, I still feel like it is that background that is distracting to me though. It seems to add some sort of confusion and over-complexity to something that could be very simple and straight-forward.

Though it's a style I've seen quite often, you are very good at what you do. The whole tone of the image is fantastic.