@shreedhar Your edit has the right idea. Foreground: I would include everything save the condo / apartments and the sky. Brighten those and you are one step closer.
@Jacal’s centre and right condos are the closest yet.
One of the current missteps is making the golden yellow a global colour cast. It wasn’t like that. Only the more reflective surfaces had it. And only the places where the sun shone through the alto-cumuli.
Let’s poke at our taciturn digital painters and see what they have to offer in terms of advice. I wouldn’t mind if one or two gave this PlayRaw a try. 
@briend @Americo etc. (I miss @Elle.)