Living on the Prairie

I posted a pano of this earlier. But I wanted to get some opinions on this view. I feel this gives a real feel of the wide open prairie around this location. The only thing I wonder about is the grass in the foreground taking to much of the attention when you look at the image. Pleas look at the larger view for the full impact. This was taken on the south side of the Wildcat Hills in the Panhandle of western Nebraska. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/8
Aperture f19
ISO 100
19mm
-1/2 Exposure Comp.
Cropped a little off the top so the horizon would not be in the middle of the image.
Tripod