Please help on this image

[tirediron]

It's going to be tough to get this image where you want it to be. I'd stick with just a level's curves adjusment. This is a perfect example of where the use of a G-ND would have saved the day. You could also have done a couple of more exposures at varying shutter speeds to assemble an HDR. Is a re-shoot possible? It's a nice image.

[malechi]

Well I can add a GND in Lightroom.