This is a dynamic-range problem: the scene has more contrast than the camera can capture cleanly in a single exposure.

The safest approach is to expose for the bright areas so you don’t blow the highlights. You can usually brighten shadow areas later, especially if you shoot RAW, but clipped whites usually can’t be recovered.

In your example, the exposure with the correctly exposed church is the better starting point, because the tree shadows still appear to hold detail.

Ways to improve it:

• Shoot RAW and lift the shadows in post-processing.
• Use shadow/highlight, curves, or levels adjustments in editing software.
• If your camera has a feature like Highlight Tone Priority or Active D-Lighting, it may help protect highlights while opening shadows.
• For scenes with extreme contrast, take multiple exposures and merge them with HDR/exposure blending.

So: protect highlights first, then recover shadows if needed. If one shot can’t hold both, bracket exposures and blend them.