Hi Stan,
I really love these shots! Both of them have a slightly different feel about them.
No1 I love the beautiful deep blue sky it is a fantastic backdrop for the tower, I like the orange starbursts from the streetlights and under the circumference of the tower, looks great and the whole thing looks very modern and futuristic. Nice curved lines of the roof sweeping down to that semi circular porch type entrance. I like the clear view minus the car, and I imagine you could play with different distortion correction till the cows come home (I probably would
).
No2 gives a whole different perspective, and I like the closer shot, I think the top of the tower looks less distorted in this shot (maybe its what Cobra meant he likes this minus the car?). I think this one looks a little more natural if you can accept that the tower is leaning back. (Purist Alert!
) I think the car give some perspective to the image in some ways, but as its a bit prominent I find it draws the eye away from the main subject a little. Both great shots and I'm a bit divided as to which I like best.
None the less cracking shots Stan!
@sturisoma PS if you use Lightroom the distortion correction tool is right down the bottom of the develop tool normally on the RH side of the screen,. Steve