the white balance seems off. nice b&w conversion, good detail and very little haze for shooting into the sun, i would have expected to see the background blown out.
It did turn out better than expected. Some studious use of highlight, shadow and white sliders in LR and a B&W conversion in SilverEffex Pro 2. Cairns is in the tropics and it is winter at present so not as much humidity or haze at that time of the morning.