Thought Process:
The autumn colors were the focus of the picture. At the bottom the golden colored leaves of the bush add some variety to the overall colors of the picture. I divided up the scenery into 3 sections. The bottom third with the fall leaves, then the lake, then the background mountain and sky. In terms of how I expect your eye to travel through this picture, I would expect the eye to go from the bottom third, up towards the lake and ending at the sky.
Personal Thoughts:
The leaves were beautiful. But outside of that the rest of the picture is uninteresting to me. The land looks bland with brown and dark green (almost black). If the leaves weren’t in the bottom third of the picture, it’ll just look desolate and dry.