Help me QUICK!!!

[Confuzzled]

No really, I have to have this for tomorrow.

Okay, so in painting I have to do a landscape. I have to bring a photo for reference of said landscape and I'm stuck deciding which of my two favs I should print out. Please bear in mind that I'm going to go all Craig Mullins on it =>





He has an awesomely loose style.

Okay, the pics:

I like this one for the fact that its busy and has this major contradiction between busy busy work people and then a big naturey mountain in the background.



But something about this one keeps screaming that its going to be the better pic and I'm not sure why. Maybe its just cause the light rocks...

[Elyaradine]

I think the second one has much better composition, partly because of the repeated street poles, and the clear red car, green sign relationship.

The first image has this massive, blank sky, with a mass of busyness that makes it difficult to tell where the viewer's eye's supposed to enter, move around and leave the image. Better theme maybe, but in terms of making pretty pictures, I'd go with the second.

[Confuzzled]

See, it told you it was the better pic too. Lecturer liked it, all is good. Now to paint it.

[Elyaradine]

Woo! Good luck.