Spliting out photo compostion and camera functional controls.
For Compostion: Get closer and slightly lower and put the subject into 2/3 of the area unless it is an action shot where it needs some place to go to then 1/3 is good to my eye.
Make sure that nothing is in the background to take away from the core subject focus.
Excellent idea to pursue; Camera Controls look good. :thumbup:
This is an excellent composition; the car wheel seen in the background gives it a story. Gate and car always related too. Being in black and white there are no distractions too.
The only thing i notice is the blur in the begining of the fence and the way the picture looks i think the fence is your "point" i would try to minimize that, otherwise its a nice picture.