Great Clarity and color contrast. The depth of the picture is outstanding. Speaking of clarity...look at the pine cones and also the the clarity of the background.
I think you were in the right spot, but the focus seems a little off from what the subject should be, or try to zoom in/crop a little more next time. ie. too much fluff not enough subject.
if those trees werent there, this would be SUCH an awesome shot. But i know you cant just pick up trees and move them or whatever. So i like the top part of the picture but not the bottom haha.
Wow! Beautiful scene. Where the heck is it? It looks like a beautiful and historic place (none of that in my neighborhood)! I like the coldness of the background with the warm foreground. The castle is a little too centered for me, maybe up and to the left just to offset. It seems a little blurred but maybe that's my monitor.
NIce angle for the shot, it is framed well with the trees. The problem for me is that the trees distract because they are blocked by a haze. It causes the eye to go to them instead of the castle.