I find it's the one tree in front of the ess-curve in the path which is the most distracting; the path is the title subject, and you are partly obscuring it's most "interesting" feature. Perhaps moving a couple of feet to the left would frame the curve of the path between the more substantial trees.
This would be a good shot to try in duotone mode, using a light blue or cool gray as the second color to accentualte the feeling of coldness; duotones often have more of a feeling of depth to them than do monochromes. |