The mood I wanted to reflect in this photo is being at peace. The day I shot this photo, I had just gotten back a good grade on a test I was stressed about, and was very happy. But I didn’t want to just reflect happiness in my photo, because what I was experiencing was less about being happy about the specific grade and more about feeling relieved that there was no longer this impending grade hanging over my head. I chose this composition, with a primarily empty frame, because I thought the clear blue sky (devoid of clouds) was very representative of my lack of worries. The tree is a very yellowish green, which was an intentional choice meant to play off of color associations of yellow (such as happiness). Its placement in the lower corner serves to anchor the composition, while keeping most of the frame open, reinforcing that sense of spaciousness and mental clarity. The minimal composition strips away visual clutter just as I felt my mind being cleared of stress, creating a parallel between the simplicity of the image and the simplicity of that peaceful moment.