Bobby, this is at the start of one of my favorite hiking spots. There will be PLENTY of opportunities to shoot this again. While I like IR I'm not quite sure I'm feeling it for this spot. Might a green filter help it a bit, just to add some more contrast between the foliage and the rest of the scene? I'll do my best to try a lower vantage point as well, though it is going to be tricky as right where I'm shooting from it starts to go steeply up hill.
MP, sounds like an interesting technique. Is there a way to pull that off with graded paper?