An example of my photo shop skills

I took this pic last week around 5pm from rio hondo college. I was looking out towards downtown la. On a clear day you can see the buildings. Anyways, the original looks brighter and washed out compared to the 2 edits I made(One is just cropped and the other keeps the original aspect ratio). It took me about 8 minutes to do this and I'm tempted to include it in my school's art for sale gallery