Yeah, I agree. I'm having a hard time looking at that part. Same with the clouds.

I really like the colours here, and how you suggested  the forest in the background and the bark texture.

The little trees in the foreground feel out of place, they're too symmetrical and textureless compared to everything else.

I really like background, great panorama, but in my opinon this grass or something that looks like grass, in the foreground, doesn't match with background, but trees - yea, they match :)
You can also try with shading on trees in the foreground, in my head it looks awesome :D