Nadav Kander

The picture on the left, I did many things in photoshop to improve it. I deleted a shadow on the left that was from a tree not included in the picture. I also changed the colors. I brightened the green in the trees, and covered up the road in the background using the stamp tool. I think this is like Nadav Kanders photos because he took pictures of nature and didn't include anything else in it. Do you think i should have dulled the color in the tree instead brightened it and dulled the color in the sky?

The picture on the left i took of a field with trees behind it. I had to blur out the telephone wire that was hanging through the picture. I also dulled the colors. I made it look more black and white. I wanted to dull the colors to make it look more depressing and lonely like Nadav Kanders pictures. It is also plain like Nadav Kanders pictures and there isn't much in the composition. Did i successfully dull the colors in this photograph?