I am posting this for a second time since I do not see it anywhere and probably I did not uploaded it correctly before. Sorry if you see a duplicate. 
Nikon Z7, lens 24-70 f/4S. 
27mm

1/400, f/13, ISO 200

In the surrounding area of El Escorial Madrid Spain. 
A boy picked up a stick to play and started to walk down a long way. 
I would like a feedback on composition and the feeling that it portrays. 
LR editing: opening shadows on the R, dehazing the sky

thank you!!!

Marie, 

It's a wonderful photo in my opinion.  The child is on the 'Walk of Life' - a long road into the unknown.  There's a feeling of optimism.  The light helps with that.  I think you did a good job on editing, keeping detail and texture for the road.  There could be just a bit more shadow detail in the coat.  That's a minor detail.  I suggest that you clone away the lamp that's poking out from behind the tree on the right. 

It's good that you got down to the subject's level.  That makes him seem a bit taller than if you had been looking down on him when you shot.  I love the stick - that's a delightful detail. 

Thank you for sharing the photo with us here in Critique.  Children are the hope of the world.  

. . . . Steven, senior critic

Thank you so much. This helps!

Dear Marie,

We just received some critic voices about altering work posted and show what we would do to it. I hope these members read my suggestion and get why I think the possibility to do so is invaluable.

I like your photograph very much. Not from the first second, I have to admit, that first second I rather perceived it as a well done family shot. But for me, some photos just need a little time, to get the intention of the photographer. And now I see a young man, exploring his path, may it be the only one or more will follow, that's the key element. 

I usually shoot in b&w, I think in black and white, I see your blue and I think - this can be easily toned down by a red filter. I see your bright path, this needs to be enhanced by a yellow luminance increase. But that will tone up the gras. There is less green in nature than we expect usually, it's more yellow included we perceive green.  You see, I might see photographs a bit different than usual. 

The main reason, why I see this in b&w is the ahrd contrasts. If you prefer colour, I would recommend to brighten the shadows up, drastcally. Darks are heavy, this isn't a heavy photo. 

My other prefrence is composition in photography. I don't use standards always, but in many cases they help highlighting the motif. I saw the path on 1/3rd or golden ratio. I found a tighter crop could give more focus on the boy and his path. Too much sky, not really ecessary. The entire trees, well they are thre, but are the needed? So I converted and cropped, made sure the path is bright enough and the boy in the center. He's the subject, and though the middle is not a strong point in layout, he's present enough to not be overseen. This is what I would shoot, when I told your story. Maybe some aspects trigger you to change:

Best regards,

Mike

Hi Dear Marie PRO...@ This photo work caught my attention and I love it. Thank you for showing this photo in the criticism forum so that I was given the opportunity to enjoy what you recorded. I like the attitude of the boy with his cane looking relaxed walking on a deserted street, the sharpness of the photo is good (f/13), the moment/recording in a sunny natural setting is a good choice and of course the shadow is an interesting thing to strengthen the moment (I just don't feel well informed whether this was recorded in the morning or in the evening when the sun was still quite low), I just assumed you recorded this scene in the morning when the air was still cool {I saw it from the warm clothes}). Very well composed.. I saw the road stopped in the distance, not at all hindered by the location of the boy's body / body...the word "...started walking far" I can feel...The composition of this photo is good, although my imagination is a little thinking.. .If only the shadow of the child was not cropped in the lower left corner of course it would be more interesting...what do you think?...@ After I enjoy/view your photos and also see what my colleagues have done Mike. I have the courage to share a little with you. I did an experiment by using your photo to channel some of the ideas that came to me after I saw an interesting blue sky atmosphere and also saw the work of my colleague Mike in making your photo image in a Black and White image, so I ventured to make one your photo masterpiece in "infra red image". I attach the test results in this forum, I hope you can enjoy it. Marie... I hope you consider this step as a sense of sharing from me...I'm trying to add "drama in infrared images" hopefully it can add value to the sense of "brave yourself" boy ian... Best wishes to you always from me...Johanes Januar -- SC

Thank you. This was amazing advice!

I came up with this. 

Mike Kreiten PRO

Dear Marie,

 

We just received some critic voices about altering work posted and show what we would do to it. I hope these members read my suggestion and get why I think the possibility to do so is invaluable.

I like your photograph very much. Not from the first second, I have to admit, that first second I rather perceived it as a well done family shot. But for me, some photos just need a little time, to get the intention of the photographer. And now I see a young man, exploring his path, may it be the only one or more will follow, that's the key element. 

I usually shoot in b&w, I think in black and white, I see your blue and I think - this can be easily toned down by a red filter. I see your bright path, this needs to be enhanced by a yellow luminance increase. But that will tone up the gras. There is less green in nature than we expect usually, it's more yellow included we perceive green.  You see, I might see photographs a bit different than usual. 

The main reason, why I see this in b&w is the ahrd contrasts. If you prefer colour, I would recommend to brighten the shadows up, drastcally. Darks are heavy, this isn't a heavy photo. 

My other prefrence is composition in photography. I don't use standards always, but in many cases they help highlighting the motif. I saw the path on 1/3rd or golden ratio. I found a tighter crop could give more focus on the boy and his path. Too much sky, not really ecessary. The entire trees, well they are thre, but are the needed? So I converted and cropped, made sure the path is bright enough and the boy in the center. He's the subject, and though the middle is not a strong point in layout, he's present enough to not be overseen. This is what I would shoot, when I told your story. Maybe some aspects trigger you to change:

 

 

Best regards,

Mike

Thank you!. I came up with another version, down in the feed, hopefully you will see it. 

Hello Marie,

It's always nice to see when we can help and inspire. At the end it's your photograph, of course. I'd remove the brighter halos between the trees a bit, they are artifacts from sharpening.

Good luck with curation if you give it a shot!

Mike