And the winner is...
Originally posted by JHfwp Was focused on getting the buildings less distorted looking. Don't think I did a very good job now that I see what others did.
There were a lot of HDR-ish images posted, but most of them went overboard, leaving uneven dark halos in the buildings (particularly the light gray one that meets the sky the most). But JHfwp brought out a ton of details in the sky, without sacrificing the building edges next to it. On top of the that, the boat in the water is a nice bright white, instead of muddy gray. Its cropped in enough on the right to take away some of that boring tree, but not too much.
Great jobs from everyone. Its fun seeing so many different interpretations of an image.