Very very nice picture. It is just my point of view but I would have croped out the building on the left which is not necessary and emphasis the distortion.

Like a picture postcard, I do agree with Artifacts and will hold my vote.

The distortion on the left is very noticeable and very distracting, with the buildings leaning towards the center as they do. I agree that you should crop it - fairly severely to my eye, almost to the middle of the picture, eliminating the side of the one building entirely.

Im with the other commentors the building on the left should go. just take your scissors n bye bye building LOL

Can't wait for the modified picture !

Your idea is good, but I'd like to crop it in 3:2 or 4:3 without cutting the building on the right too I'll try to do something intelligent...

Now it's modified. I hope it's better than the first one...

Looks wonderful now, but why do you like to restrict yourself to 3:2 or 4:3?

Thank you friiskiwi! 3:2 and 4:3 just are the classical ratios for photos, it's true that I could do something else...

Wonderful ! Great job on re-framng !

Much improved, it really has a great "Christmasy" feel to it now. Well done!

The composition does a good job of making the lens distortion work. Nice photo.

Great shot =)

can you please tell us the setup for this HDR shot ?
and what program you used for merging & noise reduction!!!!

@m0nm0n: I shot the image using RAW files at the lowest ISO possible (100 - 200) and use Lightroom to create 3 different exposure images (+2, 0, -2). +2 to reveal the detail of the shadow, -2 to reveal the detail of the hightlight (sky). Then use Photomatix to merge the images creating the above image I hope that's helpful

Congratulations on second, lovely view and very good HDR effect

Thanks Orientallad

Congratulations on 3rd. beautiful lights color, and Merry Christmas in advance.

Walking people and their shadows add something to the photography...

Love this one, so says Christmas to me.

Sooo pretty..^_^..