don - Good idea on both. I think i have the same critique on both though - reduce the noise, and create a stronger foundation. in both the first and second shots the foundation, or the trees and the land are too subtle - if youd have lowered the camera a bit in either shot it wouldve helped. noise is also an issue, it looks like it was both shot at a high iso and it was also worsened by whatever post processing was done - if you reduce the noise, that would help a lot too. other then that - cool clouds in both shots!