Jeremy, I think you have made things as difficult as you possibly could for yourself with this shot.
You have what looks like deep shade in the water to the left of the shot and bright harsh specular highlights on the water to the right of the shot, plus deep shade under the green bushes in the upper background, with harsh specular highlights on top of those same bushes.
If it was midday on a clear blue sky day when you were there and you couldn't go back when the light was better, then you had little choice, but if you could have been there at a different time of day, or there were passing clouds then perhaps waiting for a short while until the shade and highlights were more equalised across the entire scene, it would have rendered for you a much more pleasingly composed image, but the variation in light that you do have here, makes this image look like you were in a rush to move on - I am sorry if that was not the case, but perhaps if you had spent a little bit more time studying the light and waiting for the best moment of softer light that helped to equalise the highlights and the shadows (shooting with greatly reduced DR in other words), it would have improved this shot considerably.
When we arrive at a scene, we first look for something interesting to shoot, then we try to find a composition that 'feels' right, but then we should also look at the light and decide whether it is good enough or not and if not then we should wait until the light is good enough, but if we can't get all three of these things the first time we visit an area, then we should go back when we can.
In short, before you trigger a shot, look up and around you to see what the light is doing and try not to cram too many stops of light into the shot, even if the manufacturer of your camera told you that it could cope with it, because you want the light to naturally sculpt the scene and work with you, not against you and in this shot IMHO, the light is definitely working against you.
Dave