That depends on the use and intent of the image. If it must be factual in every detail, then you can't remove them. If the intent is to produce a pleasing landscape image that invokes certain emotions, i.e., a work of art, then removing the...
I like this crop (#10- posted as I wrote my first response). The next step with that would be to edit out powerline towers. Easy to do with today's software.
There was no mention of the intended use or purpose of the images. Who are the intended viewers, and how will the images be displayed? This contributes greatly to how and why you are cropping the images.
I like the overall views, showing the...
To some extent, yes. But JPEG has only 8 bit color depth meaning that if you push it a bit too much in editing it falls appart pretty quickly. Banding in skies and other artefacts start to creep in before too long. Raw format offers much more...