Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback! You are correct, Sam and George, there has been no PP (sharpening, cropping, toning bright areas, etc.) applied as yet.
Hi Colin, thank you for the edit effort, yes it does look different. Let me see if I can identify the changes.
The sky was cropped as Dave had suggested. The left hand building lights were toned down as Brian suggested. The bright headlights in the lower right corner have also been toned down. This was one of my areas of concern as there was no detail owing to the highlights blow-out. Did you burn, mask and reduce exposure, or use some other method?
It looks like the green area in the center of the image was lightened? It is hard to tell for sure. The image has been stretched horizontally to give a panoramic view. I have several shots of this to choose from, including a wide angle that I might be able to turn into a panoramic without having to stretch and squish the Bank of America headquarters (That might be more favorably received by the locals!) LOL! And lastly, a slight vignette which also helps reduce the headlight glare in the right corner. Did I miss anything?
I was wondering about trying to lighten the foreground except where there are bright lights and maybe try to reduce some of the glare on the street lights.
Is the overall exposure acceptable for a night image? It is difficult for me to be sure with a contrast range this high.
I don't really see as much noise in the image as I was expecting for an ISO of 800 and so many dark areas. Do I need to lower the ISO?
Thanks guys! Any other suggestions?