A Night Shot - but is it right?

Well below is what I was trying to photograph, but I'm not feeling what I saw. Although the background is well lit, it doesn't feel quite right.

Like every other damp old British autumn night it was raining, so I was limited in what I could take without soaking the camera.

I'll try again tomorrow. But I think I'll preset to sodium WB and reduce the shutter speed manually. I want the Christmas lights to show colour rather than their bland over exposed blurred self you see below.



Problem is, this will also darken the scene. We'll see. I'm also going to make up a few time-lapsed ones so you can see all the animation :-). I might even go for an odd angle to jazz things a little - at the moment it looks like a holiday guide picture and that's not what I want at all.