Thanks for the comments guys. The flash was not used in this shot, but I did try to bring out the foreground a bit in post. I tend to over do it sometimes.
Bspeed - Believe it or not, where I live has to be the crappiest location on earth. The ground is very flat here, and there is not too many trees left because of all the farm land. Summers are usually brutally hot with the high humidity, and we hardly get any snow in the winter. But then again I have lived here all my life, so I'm most likely just over it.