I ment, that such colors I miss on the first photo. I commented earlier that I would go for colors first. Bench is not a problem what to argue about here It should be where it is.
Depending how well you do with colors - maybe some crop from top might be still needed.

Maybe I didnt express myself clear enough, sry.
I am agreeing with you, Martin !!!

me too

Your second shot has got the color

Yes, the sky is really perfect. Photo is of very good quality as usually (as much as I know anything about quality at all)
But it leaves me bit at a loss.
I guess its bit busy for me.

sry

I must work tomorrow too. And I luckily do not need comment on photos
Good night, Hyram !

If I doubt about some pic and cant decide (and i do not see any sensible advice) I leave the photo for a while. Some day, you'll decide

The bench is not disturbing me. The first thing I want to do is to correct the color. Levels is my usual tool to get things brighter and more vivid. There is as if a thin shaby layer on the sky.

If you hadnt commented mine already, I would gladly let you skip it

Actually, you are doing quite well, if you can still make jokes all about it

I wonder what contest has got the largest nr of entries ? And how many then?

What a heap of photos !
Are you still ok, Hyram?

No habit of Guy Fawkes Night here. Not a slightest !
Also Halloween is little known here (and never celebrated with a bonfire.)
As your theme is "Bonfire night" and not "Guy F night", I took the liberty and chose 31.oct .... And I defenetly will not make any bonfires this year any more.

My children were really happy when I made a tiny bonfire in our garden. As I said, usually we do not celebrate even Halloween. But this is known at least
(Our bonfire time is Midsummer Day. )




exif:
31.Oct. 2009
exp time 1/125
F nr 2.8
ISO 800
(exif included with the pic)

I like the original.

I like that the bright hook is as if on the breaking point of the walls color. The upper part of the wall is almost BW.

In my imaginations the hook will give color to the windows when it goes up... It is not a static pic for me.