Pretty spot. I think maybe the shot could benefit from sharpening (if possible) and brightening, or maybe adjusting the colors to bring out the whiteness of the swans on the bridge. I feel that you haven't hit on the optimal color/saturation/contrast balance, and I'm not sure you've hit the nail on the head when it comes to focus. There's a very slight blurriness to it. If you can't make it sharper, you might try a filter that goes with the blur, maybe one of those "impressionistic" filters, or even just turn it black and white.
As it stands, to my eye it is a pretty ordinary picture that probably quite resembles hundreds of photos taken by hikers standing near the same spot. Somehow for me it doesn't quite transcend "snapshot" and enter the realm of "art", which is not to say it's not perfectly lovely in its way, even if it's not a standout.
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