Thanks Hein,

I do have a GND and remembered I had it once I had finished... D'oh!
The borders was actually just me screwing around with my new best friend... automation feature in photoshop
I also agree about the sky, There was not a cloud in the sky!
I will work on Point 5
Point 6 can you explain more? How do I figure out this Histogram stuff? Is it a feature I can view in my camera or something?
7 Point taken.

Thanks for the feedback!