Swamp Ride

So a couple of weeks ago I went for a ride on his little boat with my brother in law and took this. I was actually bracketing but because we were moving each image is slightly different so hdr is pretty much out. Anyways I did a bit of work to this and have mixed feelings about the image.
Whats good?
Whats Bad?

I've been looking at this shot for about 5 minutes now, and personally, I can't find anything wrong with it. Looks really good to me......the lighting, comp, exposure, focus, colour.........it all looks good to me. How does it look to you? You're the one that it has to make happy.

I like it. The reflection in the water is great, I want to go there,

Nice leading lines and perspective. You thought outside the box and went with portrait orientation here which stretches the trees and emphasizes their height, also good. The color is also vibrant.

However, this image is significantly lacking in the depth department. There are almost no shadows, and it appears to be flat. With everything good this photo has going for it, all of that is lost because the final element is missing. You have a very deep composition here that should totally draw the viewer's eye inward towards the horizon. We should get the feeling that we're floating down that river surrounded by trees.

Nice job. It just needs a little tweaking by amping up the shadows.

Thanks guys. This is one of those instances of it is not what I seen at the time. Having done some lens correction and stuff, I have returned to this image several times so wanted some other opinions. Anthony, I will definitly try to bring out some shadows