Nice B&W photos! The composition is excellent! You were shooting into the sun? It seems like you metered the water for the exposure. A cokin red gradual filter could have darkened up the sky and brought out some clouds as well as darkened the buildings. IMHO, I would like to see the sky burned (on an enlarger in a darkroom of course.) in the first image.
Don't get me wrong, I still like the photo. It makes me want to run out and hope on those posts. Do you have it hanging in your home? ~Alejandro > Here are a couple of black & white shots I took on the Hudson River > in March. > > http://www.sunny16.net/photos/paw/2004-05-09.html