I'm still trying to get a handle on what I perceive as my 'style.' So the colors are a little aggressive/aggitated. However, the sky was purely blue and bright.
Nah, that's the sunlight- The canyon wall is broke up and low on the right side behind the trees.
I was thinking that maybe the eye is drawn to the light. Maybe a natural progression would be to follow the stream to the white trees, take in the reds and up to the bright yellow and follow the red on the left back down. Too distracting?