Less is more. I was a judge in a photographic club competition. One shot had great light but it was just too busy (too much stuff in the frame), so that shot lost the prize. As stated before, artists start with a blank canvas and add what they want into their scene by painting it in. Photography works the opposite way, we start with too much and have to eliminate stuff to compose our scenes. Keep compositions simple. The eye always needs to go to a center point of interest. Great images are often devoid of stuff and are just simple and clean. Eliminate clutter. Don't have multiple subjects competing for the viewer's attention. Let one things stand out.

There is not much here, a farm land and one oak tree. The shot works because it is simple. Here is another example of pure simplicity:

The fog, as discussed last week gets rid of the background and allows you to isolate small pieces of real estate. Shooting in fog is like macro photography in landscape photography because you are shooting such a small piece of the landscape. Keeping it simple works even with no fog:

The clouds in the upper left balances with the tree in the bottom right; simple. You do not always need wonderful grand scenes. Find simple scenes, they make good shots too.