This could be a perfectly fine picture if the altar were not visually divided by what looks like a moving flag or other piece of fabric.
To me this looks like one strange object (the bottom of the altar, it turns out) at the end of a pathway, and then quite some distance further away, a second mysterious object (the top of the altar, actually).
The fact that the horizon line cuts through the altar at about the point that the altar exhibits very light tones that blend with the water makes the splitting effect worse. Perhaps in color, or with a different conversion to b&w, or simply some burning and dodging you could "put the altar back together" which would help a great deal here, I think.
I don't mind not knowing what the object is at the end of the walkway. I *do* mind not being able to really even figure out where the objects are in space relative to one another.