When you draw or paint a tree, you do not imitate the tree; you do not copy it exactly as it is, which would be mere photography. To be free to paint a tree or a flower or a sunset, you have to feel what it conveys to you: the significance, the meaning of it.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer and often the supreme disappointment.