so is the second picture. both due to the constraints of the building (or the skills of the cameraman) . think my gripe of the picture is that i should have adjusted the exposure compensation to brighten the scene a little. the lcd monitor of the a570 is absolutely useless. you cant gauge the quality of the pictures taken. and it is also unfortunate that the brightness of my pc monitor is a little on the low side to aid reading on the screen. so most of my pictures posted are a little dark when viewed on a calibrated monitor