Hmm. I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve either, but if I were doing it I would try to focus on the glowing clouds more by making the darks even darker. The foreground isn't very interesting, so I'd darken it and the sky, to better set off the glowing clouds and the shiny water, both of which would be much brighter by comparison. I think the clouds (and, to a lesser extent, the water) deserve to be the center of attention, not the ground. Too bad you couldn't get a little more bright water in the picture. Just my $0.02...
Lisa