When viewing a potential landscape image, I consider the direction of light, the quality of light and the quantity for the desired composition. The scene is sidelite and a polarizer may take a bit of harness out of the image. The quality of the light is harsh and mottled - may work better as black and white. The quantity of light is enormous. I'd prefer this scene either early morning or late afternoon to capture softer light.
Given light conditions as taken, I would take my landscape image in the sweet spot of the lens - about f11. Perhaps you were going for the most depth of field? The f22 aperture will defintely caused refraction and the resulting image will loss sharpness. Landscape photos can be both exposure bracketed and focus bracketed when it is desired to have everything in focus. At 43 mm focal length the camera can easily shoot at 1/100 sec. With these settings the resulting iso will be close to 100. I am comfortable providing these technical considerations.
I am not as comfortable providing tips for compositions as beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ask yourself what is the subject of this image. Ask yourself what is the foreground, middle ground and background. Will other viewers provide similar answers? Does the composition fit any gridlines like rule of thirds and such. What aspect ratio would show off the subjects? Perhaps a 2:1 or 3:1 pano would like nice. All these are considerations that help the image hang together with complementary elements.
It is easier to see compositions in black & white.
It takes a long time to create a landscape photo. I may have to take the same shot dozens of times to work the scene and to get the corners of my image as clean as possible. How many photos did you take of this scene?
  Posted: 10/05/2024 11:25:41

I really like the composition of this photo- it is balanced, follows the rule of thirds (to Richard's point) and the spiky trees set against a blanket of blue is visually appealing. The angles immediately reminded of the dancers under the girl's dress from last month. I have not entered any competitions so I cannot speak to what might cause the exclusion but I agree that the lighting is harsh. I am fairly new to all the considerations necessary to adjust lighting so I'm going to again defer to Richard but I do prefer this in color rather than B&W.
  Posted: 10/11/2024 12:20:10

I also like the composition of this photo, with the trees reaching up to the sky. I think the dark shadow on the rocks on the left takes away from the photo. But its balanced by the beautiful blue sky.   Posted: 10/13/2024 20:05:03

Hi Lillian, I also like the composition very much with the detail of one of the trees in the foreground. The sky is gorgeous blue and enhances the color combination. I agree with Donna that the dark shadow on the rock is distracting. I also prefer the color version. A part from the shadow it is a great image to my eyes.   Posted: 10/19/2024 17:33:42