morning mountains

hey everyone im looking for some feedback on what you would of done differently or things I should take into account for next time!

image was shot with a canon 7d 15-85mm lens shot at 28mm 1/25 sec f/20 iso 125

A few things that I see when looking at this image are:
1. Top center - Without knowing what you have done to process this (sharpening/de-haze), there is some artifacting/pixelating going on in the upper portion, center of the sky.
2. The road - Whether you could have blocked this from view by getting lower (crouching) is unknown. However, I would clone out the guardrail and the neon green post (including its reflection in the water). To lose the guardrail, a step or two left would have it behind the spruce.
3. The purple flowers in the foreground - Either make them more prominent or lose them altogether. It seems like you have the bottom of the image go directly through the clusters of them.
4. Overall this is a very good shot, possibly try it in a portrait view. There is a lot of green in the shot but I feel you are trying to make the subject the mountain in the background, not the foliage.

My opinion only.

Gart

I'd try a portrait view to give the shot more focus on the mountain and reflection. Also the bright flower in the lower left is distracting and could be cropped out (or perhaps bring more of it into the photo as a foreground subject?). Maybe a step to the left would better center the mountain between the trees (as well as block the guardrail behind the spruce per Gart's suggestion).

You chose a nice time of day for the shot. It's a nice photo, and certainly a worthy view.

I agree...reshoot and work the shot a bit better...it's not going anywhere

wow all great points thanks a lot guys! im definitely in the learning stages and the top center of the photo also bugs me, I used a grad filter in lightroom to try and get more detail in the sky which obviously didn't work out to my advantage, I had definitely hoped there would be some clouds in the sky to pick up some of the sunrise color.
as for editing out the reflective post how would I go about doing that? can you suggest a tutorial to watch on youtube?

I will definitely try this shot again and its an easy one for me as I just stopped on my way home from working night shift!

Thanks for the help

I reversed the grad filter effect cropped the bottom flower out and tried "spot removal" on the reflective marker and the guard rail, is this the proper way? or is there a different technique other then spot removal