Photographing in the Forest

Over the last year or so I have been working on my photography in more complicated scenes in order to improve my compositions and eye for finding them. The abstracts and intimate scenes apart from photographing sweeping vistas. One of the best places for this type of photography happens to be in the forest and while this works well, I have found that it can sometimes be too cluttered.
The cluttered forest has its own benefits because making even the slightest sense of it can create an impact. It also forces you to be very deliberate in where you place the tripod because an inch off or using the wrong focal length can change the compositions significantly!
Finding success in the chaos has been both fun and extremely frustrating. I admit to more failures on occasions when I go out to shoot than I care to admit. (It is a lot!) This also causes me to feel more worn out as a landscape photographer because I feel discouraged during long droughts without a good image being produced.