These two new images are much improved!
In fact the lines in this image are great! The road/path and the tree are fantastic.
Even the sepia tone works here.
I really do think showing your subject’s faces would improve the photograph.
I always lean towards including people and their faces in photographs. You almost can’t lose showing people’s faces in images. We are programmed to be interested in reading people’s expressions and looking for faces. In fact if you notice you can almost always imagine a face in any kind of abstract pattern.
In any case I like what you’ve done here and you have already shown tremendous progress in short span of time.
Nice!