What I was trying to do

A pensative kid by the lake, with his bike parked, a Swan and ducks around was a gift of a scene. Given the contrast and composition weight, I expect the viewer's eye to land on the parked bike and travel following the direction both the swan and the duck point towards and finally rest in the pensative kid. I tried to work with a lot of empty space so the components can sit comfortably in the composition, and include a of the lake as well. This kid stayed there for a while, almost as if had lots of problems to think about and bills to pay. This seemingly confused or introspect feeling is what I tried to capture.

What worked

I think the composition is well balanced and induces the viewer's eye to travel trough the composition. The empty space also works very well, I believe, the split between land and water gives a nice structural stability to the composition, I like that as well.