I'm going to critique only because no one else is.
First off, the contrast between the green blades and the white snow is a nice subject. However, several things are holding it back from having maximum impact in the image.
The image lacks pop due to postprocessing or the lack thereof. This image could do with a curves adjustment, as well as a saturation and contrast boost.
In addition, I feel that this has the beginnings of a good composition, but should be reshot from a different angle and framing. If your aim is to provide a sweep across an expanse of the pattern, the effect is largely ruined by the large out-of-focus are on the small hill at the left, and the empty mostly white area in the upper corner. If your aim is to pick out particular blades for the pleasing interaction of their forms (an admirable goal) the whole thing feels too unfocused-- the eye wanders without any real target. Lastly, the image feels out of balance due to the forementioned areason the left and upper right, together with the location of the in-focus areas (please not this does not mean you need a centered or symmetric composition in any particular case).
I think that the best thing for training your eye is to first look at other pleasing images in the same vein, which don't have to be photographs, and try to isolate what makes them pleasing. Then there's no harm in trying to emulate particular effects, or just going for the same general feel.
But in addition I think that when you are trying to train your eye, you should take lots of shots with different compositions-- try zany angles, different focal lengths and framings, etc. Go nuts. You will discover later in review, during the critical phase of your learning process, what works best, and you will remember because you have invested more thought in the best images; after a while emulating elements of your own best images will become almost like a reflex when shooting, and you will have developed your own style.
A good exercise to develop a feel for balance, and how the elements of the image interact with the frame, is to try many different crops of the same image. You may find with the proper focus that you agonize over the difference between two pixels, as you realize how it affects the balance and the effect on the eye.
There are tutorials on composition on the web, most of them with something valuable to say. The most value you can get from them is a better critical approach, just so you can understand why you like a particular image or style.
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