Looks outdoors to me paradox, just in front of a wooden wall..
If the design of this tree is "annoying you" make a change! If it was mine, I would probably go another route though. Removing that lower left branch just puts too much distance between the base and first branch for me. I might take a look at the tree with that first branch as your new leader and a massive chop right where that branch is... This would probably lead to nice movement and you should get a first branch emerging somewhere lower on the right side... This is a total redesign, but you might be able to root the top you are removing (either as a cutting or air layer- which could potentially leave you with two trees as nice or better than the original!
Or, just leave it the way it is, get some wire on it, prune it up and polish it off this Fall and let the tree be what it is- a decent looking Trident Bonsai. They are not all going to be blue ribbon quality but I see some nice attributes in this tree- decent trunk girth, nice lower movement, lots of branches with decent ramification... I bet if you wired your branches into a cohesive unit with the lower branches pulled down a bit and better spacing in the top, the. That first branch might not annoy you quite so much!
First option it a long term drastic overhaul, second option is the quicker way to get a better tree but has limits as to how much better you can make this tree.