Old Mill

Hey Jim,
I like the mood of this image and your commentary, the large version should be seen to appreciate this composition.
If you could have captured this scene from a few steps to the right you would of had a more unobstructed view of the Mill making this fine image even stronger in my opinion.
Well done . . . 

Jim,
I love your photo.  Old and unusual buildings particularly resonate with me.  I enjoy the feedback I get with my photos and specially appreciate feedback that is opposite.  Mike had a great point about the direction, except the branch that may be the most dominant in the photo would bisect the building.  Not sure how much canvas you had or whether moving the left border closer to or to bisect the tree, but I wonder how it would look if the crop eliminated more of the left canvas.  Don't you love these suggestions? 

Very interesting building, Jim.  The trapeziodal shape is pretty cool.

Thanks guys for your comments and suggestions, I really appreciate hearing the thoughts and ideas of others, it really makes me think about the whys and wherefores of my work.

On moving my position, unfortunately I was on the edge of a drop and was not able to move left, right or forward, Moving back and to the righ or left would have brought the branches into the building on one side or another even more.
For the suggestion of possibly cropping  the left side of the photo, for the way the photo had to be taken,  I tried to use the trees  to bracket the building, removing some of the left side might throw the balance out of whack. Now saying that I realize that the photo is 'heavy' on the left side due to the colour and size of the trunk, but during the processing of photo I found that it provided a dynamic to the photo that I liked. Upon first seeing the photo, I found my eyes drawn towards the building because of its lighter colour bracketed by the darker trees on the side. But then because of the off centre of the building and the darkness of the left tree, my eyes were drawn over to the left. Once there though, I found that they were tempted back to the paler bracketed building which seems almost ethereal, creating an active dynamic between the two.

I would be curious to hear others thoughts on this or is it just me.
My original file size was basically 5000 X 3000, reduced to load upon the site.
Again I thank those who commented, it really helps.

I like it just as is. The view through the forest, kinda scary, should we continue or go back...

As aptly stated by Reno: "I like it just as is."  However, I think the upper, left, dark triangle formed by the tree distracts a bit.