Nature (C&C&)

[BJPhotography]

I took this yesterday at a park. Im new so my thought is that with the first one, although I like how it turned out, I think its overexposed. Am I right? And knowing that, is it still a good shot, or no?

And with the second one, I wanted that mystical look. I think I got it?

 

[sanderso]

Agree on #1. Also, they both look soft to me. The watermarks don't work for me. My initial reaction to #1 was that a kite string was caught in the branch. Seems like it would work better on the lower right...balancing the text.
My $0.02.

 

[BJPhotography]

The watermark is just there for these examples. They arent on the originals.

I didnt add a softness to the first one. I did to the second one.

 

[sanderso]

Gotcha...

I keep coming back to #2, I think you've got the mystery thing going on, but my eye keeps coming to the object/color in the lower right (a bush?). It doesn't seem to fit with the vertical lines in the rest of the image. Otherwise, both are nice images.

My $0.02.