The second gets my vote since that must be HELL to capture exposurewise, and you did well! Reminds me of one pic I took while we spent "A Day On The Island" (there are photos up here if you care to look), one that I did not put up, which was also so much against the light and exposure was as difficult ... underexposing MUCH seems to do the trick, doesn't it? Only nitpick about 2 is the tilted horizon...