using PSE 2.0:
Crop, manual Levels, Replace Color (to add blue to the water, which was grey-green on this snowy day), Clone Stamp (to add 2-pixel detail on 3 distant boards), Unsharp Mask
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Perhaps you lost too much detail in the highlights. I think the subject has merit, lots of complication that holds interest here. Perhaps worth revisiting now that you have more advanced post-process skills?
I think I see what you were seeing, but the picture is very busy and messy, due to all the bushes (or what ever those are). Perhaps in BW would make it a little better. Just an idea.
Looks spooky but the composition seems overpowered by the brush and weeds. I get the feeling of how overgrown it is - but it takes over the shot for me and doesn't hold my interest. = 5
The walkway looks nice but I'm not sure the branches work with this picture. Maybe if you cropped the sides a bit tighter I think it would have worked better.
Not sure what the focus point of this photo is; the bridge becomes burned out in detail the farther up the photo the eyes go. The vines create a maze of lines and colors that become distracting.