Struck-Darkened

So when I turned this in (already a week and a half late might I add), my teacher asked me if I could take it back and make it even better by adding darker values to the cracks and trees. She wasn't saying it meaning I sucked or anything, but just that she wanted it to be the best it could be. So I did what she said, cleaned things up a bit and stuff and turned it in again, now three weeks late.

On the computer the first one looks better because you can see more of the detail in the "darker parts." I also took this picture in a darker room... so that maybe contributed... like the sky, I didn't change anything to it, but it looks darker. But this picture definately looks better in person now than it did a week and a half ago.