Need some help with Golden Hour photography

Ah so diffraction will affect the whole image?

Oops, my links didn't work. Here are the new images. Any suggestions for improvement welcome! All taken at ISO 160, 18-45mm Panasonic lens

18mm with crop. f/10, 1/100. Tripod.

45mm, f22, 1/25. Handheld.

25mm, f11, 1/15. Tripod. I went down to f11 from f22 as an experiment and actually f11 was sharper in the background than f22.