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You can take cool photos even with a potatoe phone! It's harder of course but still possible, it's what you aiming at more than just the camera itself.
That's a very nice picture:)
It's definitely not a potato lol. I just wasn't sure what the stance was on phone cameras vs "real" cameras.
My stance on photography is "the best camera is the one you have with you".
On the other hand, I don't find taking pictures with a phone to be particularly engaging.
Personally I love film cameras most. Focussing by rotating the lens, the sound of the mirror slap, winding the film with a lever, and the moment when you get to see how your pics turned out days later are more than half the fun for me.
I can understand that. If I find myself getting really into photography, I might end up getting proper equipment but my Pixel 6a is good for now!
Haha of course not, it was more a statement that the moment and composure is more important than the tool
Cropping / framing the picture is the most impactful instrument. In this case I would crop unnecessary information (noise) out of the photo:
Picture will completely shift it's attention and mood.
Sometimes I even make few different framings as copies and get more than one story.
A camera is a camera, man! I like it, keep going. Experiment and develop your style.
Looks very cool!!
Thank you!
As you've already heard in this thread, one of the bigger adages in photograph is "the best camera is the one you have with you".
I'll also add one more, but it doesn't sound quite as catchy: the better the shot looks "in camera" the better the outcome.
What do I mean? Try your best to nail framing, composition, and exposure as you're taking the photo. You can always adjust after the fact via cropping, bumping exposure, etc if you need to but if you can avoid, or minimize the amount of, this you'll usually get a better end result. Modifying the photo after you take it is called post processing.
You recognized a good opportunity for a photo, which is a great first step. I personally like the aspect ratio (eg lots of sky, some foreground) but I find the cars in both corners distracting. That's probably why you're hearing so many suggestions to crop. I suspect if you walked a little bit closer you could have gotten both cars out of frame. This would also frame the pizza place a little tighter and you probably wouldn't lose much sky.
Possible standing locations:
The second building to the left is also a little distracting, but that might be harder to avoid. Move around! See if you can better isolate your subject unless you think something in the foreground or background is adding to the photo.
Speaking of post processing, I used magic eraser to see what it would look like: 
I will keep those tips in mind :)