I like the original a lot better. Reasons being, the sky is a bit overblown, but in the original its not like OMG SO BRIGHT MY EYES. you can still see some detail in the clouds etc.
And also, I like how youve cropped the first one, its even, there is a wierd off symetry in the 2nd one with the even number 10 with and empty notch, if it was an odd number the notch would compliment the filling of the other one.
The detail and crispness of the reprocessed one is nice.
To make it a better photo, but not enter it in the challenge, is maybe lasso tool just the posts, reprocess just those, and leave the sky as is, or maybe up the contrast to make the clouds have even more detail and less overblown.
I think you made the right choice first off.
thats just my opinion, hope it helps? |
