Nice, towering composition.
I agree.
As for the horizon complaints, please notice that there is NO visible horizon in this image. There is a stand of trees bordering the water, and the shore is clearly coming closer to the camera as you move to the right, so the trees are higher (i.e., nearer.)
Perhaps Kers and Francois mean to say that they prefer images that
do have a real horizon (i.e., open ocean, or flat dessert?)