Sometimes you have to be plain lucky to get a great photo. The above photo was shot when I was flying from Calcutta to Guwahati. I shot that photo with my Kodak 6MP Point and shoot camera which I bought for 8k a long time back. I was in the window seat and I was lucky to have my camera in my hand when the situations needed it.
The only thing which can make a good pic great is the composition. The above pic has a mixture of all the components in the correct levels.
The most important rule in composition is the 1:3 rule or the rule of the thirds. It says that you need to have the important component filling a two thirds of the picture. For complete description on the rule of thirds, please check the wiki page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds
