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I think Mike is on the right track when he mentions the so-called "Rule of Thirds", but I think the image here would benefit from complying with a related compositional device known as "The Right Third". Basically, this guideline states that an image usually looks better and is more successful when the primary subject(s) are in the right-hand third of the composition. It's natural for the eye to "enter" the space of an image from the left and flow to the right. Soon after entering the frame, the eye searches out a resting place, preferring it to be on the right most of the time (although, as with all compositional guidelines, this is not a hard-and-fast rule). If you moved your primary subject (the boy) to the right third of the image, the composition would feel more "natural".
The other thing that doesn't feel quite right to me about the image is that the presence of the boy seems too ambiguous - the difference in colouring and sharpness compared to the background mean that he seems "separate" from the background, but the difference is not strong enough to give the impression that the separation is deliberate, so he just seems to be randomly placed there for no real purpose. But maybe that's just me...
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