Beckoning path

First the disclaimer - am not a landscape photographer (you will probably readily agreeing after seeing my work). I have neither the equipment nor the talent, but I do intend to get involved with it somewhere in the future. In this particular instance, I was out doing some bird photography and came upon this delightful beckoning boardwalk seemingly crying for further exploration. The wooden path focused my attention on a sun drenched portion of the walkway lighting my path to nature exploration promising more adventures if I followed the light. This was a simple case of seeing, quickly composing on the fly and just shooting with no time spent thinking about the photo - just feeling it. This is the way it came out of the camera. I played with it a bit moving the lighted area to follow the rule of thirds and cropping in part of the fence on the right in the process. When all was said and done I went with my original shot in that it the way I saw it and felt it and that's the way I am presenting it good, bad or indifferent!

The photo was shot with a Canon 70D, Canon 100-400 L lens at 100mm, f4.5, 1/640, ISO 100