Classic Rock

This is a more challenging comp than it looks due the brightness of the water. Due that I think the rest of the scene was rendered a bit dark. Double processing the RAW image and blending them together may help balance the dynamic range better. The left hand side of the image seems a bit vacant so I'd consider a crop from that side to tighten things up. I think you have something going here and this looks like a nice place to shoot. Look forward to seeing more.

There are several interesting things going on here. I like the bright greens on the distant shore and the white streaks as the stream steps over the dam. I think you included the rocks in the foreground to provide foreground interest, but they're directly in line (vertically) with the dam so they only help a little. That leaves a large empty space to the left. You might try cropping from the left to the first pair of birch trees. Because this is clearly a manmade dam, this should probably go in the man and nature gallery, but you can fix that the next time. Welcome to NPN, we're a tough bunch of critics.