whyen can i cut back?

i'm pretty sure this is from the acer family. the leaves look a little bit like a large maple leaf and goes a bright autum red in september

i'd like to cut off some of the lower small branches just to tidy it up a little and expose the truck so it more of a traditional shape, trunk then branches rather than branches all over the place.

thanks

zac

 

yeah i took a pic last year but i just packd awy my pc iunto storage that has the pic.

i'll take a new pic tomorrow but of course there's no leaves on it at the mo. :-(

 

hiya, here are some pics. not very good ones though, sorry.