Thanks!
1. Ya. i know the leaves are distracting. was thinking of doing some minor cropping to get rid of the leaves. my view point didn't allow me to take away the leaves while maintaining the rest of the composition....
2. I metered near the buildings (the lighted areas) as i thought that would be the most neutral, but somehow the lower areas of the buildings came out under. if i exposed longer, wouldn't the sky get flared?
I didn't realise the images came out so small... i resized it to be just under 100k per file.. anyway that i can get it bigger?
