Well then, Mr Ploos. . . they may have got in a good jab, but you countered the right cross sure enough, seein' the blow by blow account of this painting. . . on account of yer pagan ways, lad. . . Like reading about the fight in Sports Illustrated or Blueboy's Druids Weekly, it is.
As to the painting, I think your cows look better larger as they are. Looks like you have one vertical line in the lower portion of the church is leaning to the right. Other than that the structure looks good and sound. Nice sense of depth and overall scale. It got closer to me as viewer when you made the cows bigger. The scale doesn't seem quite as vast. Looks more normal.
Now that's something the artist gets to decide, just how they want to position the viewer.
It would be helpful in critique if you want to upload/post the source pic, in which case I can point things out. Not saying you need to. Just if you wanted a comparison between yours and theirs. I rather like your stuff on its own merits and don't need to see it. But it would be something we could do to talk it through more as a learning tool.
Love your sketches too!
I'm loving these pastorals. Like you been made pastor faster than most. So don't sweat the speed.