This corner of the earth is like me in many ways. I can sit for hours here and watch the emerald feathers play. On the face of this I'm blessed when the sunlight comes for free. I know this corner of the earth it smiles at me.
-Jamiroquai
Hmm... Yes. Mr Picky here. ^_^ I thought something similar to the comment above when I saw the shot earlier today. (But I had to go to work so I didn't have the time to comment...)
I think the palm leaf attracts too much attention from the mountain peak. If the shot had been taken just a slight bit closer to that tree (or with more zoom) and with that leaf just a tad bit to the left side... Then it could have made a great framing.
Having the leaf in the shot adds sense of depth and that is a good thing in general. I guess it would have been easier overall to just leave it out of the shot but I think you are on the right track here.
The photo is a beauty. We just need a little separation between the frond and hill to make it perfect. It’s strange how nothing grows on the rock, makes it look like a pyramid in the thumbnail.