I see what you’re trying to do here and you have spotted the contrasting but complimentary shapes of the tree and the sign post which could indeed be a recipe for a nice photo. It is not easy though, (and I have mentioned the problems which come from sunset photos in previous rounds) getting it all right, especially if, as I suspect, you took this without a tripod. Two small changes would have made this so much nicer, they are both to do with composition and the reason I mention a tripod is that it helps us compose. With the aid of a tripod we can study the composition without it moving and better appreciate the weight and balance of the different parts of the photo, tripods aren’t only for long exposures. First of all a lower angle would have separated the stop sign from the tree line, lifting it up against the sky, giving its shape more importance (this is after all what drew you to take the picture, make it as strong as possible). You should also have included a bit more of the foreground grasses which bring interesting shapes and detail to the whole, much more than the unnecessary amount of sky at the top. So just a step forwards and a couple of feet lower and you were there.
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