Something that I find difficult is setting up an image for the background colour. I have my browser set to dark mode whereas others may have theirs light. A picture that seems just right for a black background can look wrong against white and vice versa.
There is plenty of colour in the sky on both pictures, the one of the church is borderline over saturated and the shadows need lifting - in my opinion of course, Others may vary in their assessments.
Have you tried the Let’s Edit It thread yet? People have the opportunity to edit a picture supplied by one of the participants and describe their choices. Anyone can join in.
Although it is in the Challenges category it isn’t really a competition, it’s far more a co-operative effort to share ideas, constructive criticism and techniques. Once the provider of the phot decides that interest has been filled in the editing of their picture they nominate the person that they think has done the best job to supply the next image for the group to work on.
Give it a go!