Adobe Lightroom

So I was playing with Adobe Lightroom (instead of uploading pictures. so sue me!) and, in particular, was playing around with the develop module using a night shot I took of Kobe Harbor.
I'd like to get the opinion of my readers as to what they thing of the two pictures. Here they are (although I think you should go see the full version of both to get a good feel)
Original・原画:


Modified・変わった写真:



Why I like the altered one, and what I think I did right. Well, for one I reduced the exposure, increased contrast and brightness, and compressed the blacks a decent amount. What I like about the change, is that it removed a lot of the background "light pollution" from the sky, removed a lot of the random reflections in the water and only focused on the more luminous objects (such as the tower and the maritime museum). Also, I like the change to the color (I played with the temperature a bit), and I think the buildings in the background, in particular the NTT DoCoMo silver building, to make them stand out more and give them a better presence, free from the background lights.

If any of you out there are photo pros or something, drop me a line and tell me what you think! I'd like some advice :)
Or if any of you random people who find my blog are generous souls, buy me a digital SLR so I can take beautiful 16 Megapixel shots in RAW format, rather than my camera's forced JPG :D

Anyway, tomorrow I'm heading up north in Nagano with a bunch of people from work to go on a photoshoot of some flowers. Everyone is going to have a sweet camera and I'm going to be the outcast with my small camera. Sigh.
Oh well, more pictures for me to tag and upload! stay tuned :)

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じゃ、以上の写真は神戸の港で取った。僕は夜間写真が大好きです！
さて、最初の写真はカメラの設定です。二番目写真のために、私は「アドビーLightroom」に変わった。
私は好きです。でも、あなた達の意見を言ってください！フォトグラフィが好きですけれども、ちょっと上手ではありません。
じゃ、お願いします！
ありがとう〜