I think that you could have had something interesting here. I think before COVID, the advice would have been to get a wide wide lens, and get closer on the left there. Get a higher angle to separate the subject from the boats and the water in the background, and more of a side on angle, so you had a chance of maybe catching a decisive moment.
Now that COVID is a thing, a more telephoto approach might have been more advisable, which might have been better at a lower angle, but the same thing about getting around to the side and waiting for a decisive moment would have still applied.
I think you didn't think about your framing, didn't wait for a decisive moment, and left a whole bunch on the table in your post processing. The old saw is that your first 10,000 photos suck, and I don't think that's true, but you probably have to take 10,000 photos before you can have a clear opinion on those earliest photos.