But George the post is so easy to clone... Why haven't you done it ?
Was there any kind of mist in the area when you shot ? It looks like in my monitor.
May be there was because it looks like a pretty warm site full of harsh light.
You could try to clone the post and duplicate the layer and change it's blending mode to Multiply or try another one to see what happens and see if the result pleases you.
Thank you for posting here George