On my monitor, this photo is very bright; either that or my eyes are just very sensitive to light today. My first reaction was "Wow, that's really bright!" Brightness aside, I love the photo, the coloring and the composition.
Pup,
Well the scene was pretty bright, taken at 2.30 on a sunny day, with lots of washed out pastel surfaces. Indeed, in a conventional sense it is "bad" light but for this scene the light worked well. I could have done a lot of post processing to tone things down but in this case I didn't because I think it would have taken something away from the scene.
Having said that, it doesn't look
unpleasantly bright on my monitor. I wonder, is your monitor calibrated? If not, I suggest, nay urge, you get a cheap and simple calibration tool like the Spyder 2 Express ($59 on Amazon). It makes a world of difference when it comes to printing, sharing your own and looking at other people's images.
Ed