Tattered flag C&C please!

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I took this picture early evening in Virginia Beach VA (where I used to live) and since the background was so light it made the elements in the image darker. I liked that a lot but I am not sure if anything else can be done to a picture like this as far as enhancement goes, to make the picture really stand out. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

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Here is another one that I took the same day...