[mrar], i'd love to have a rollie there ;)

only the first...

did u get wasted in 8 mins? :)

but it's not a first plan.... how you take your pictures? i understand connections only if i'm drunk....

too much and too less, it looks like first planned....

visually very fine for me - I like it

yeah, the first one... and you have a street lamp there! ;)

Thanks,

About processing: I honestly don't know how to avoid that line aliasing problem, maybe I'm doing something wrong when sharpening the picture? Anyhow, this is only visible in the web-sized version. The second one I might try to process again, there could be more shadow detail but I wanted that narrow strip of light and the sky to be very much in contrast to what's in the shadow.

Regarding the connection of the two pictures, I agree with Doug that there is no "substantial" one. I think there are similarities in composition and elements which can be found in both pictures, other than that, it's up to everyone to find his own connections... or not. ;-)

i love the first one

of course that is in the end of way, but the dark side is too much dark :-)

how complicate :-)

first is great
second I am missing light

yeah, never mind the "means" of the connection... as long as there is one.

i dont think it would be like arthur to have the question put like that (which one is the better) ;)
on the other hand, i'd be hard put to find a substantial connection between these two. i mean, apart from those heavy-weight spiritual associations everybody creates exclusively for himself. or not? perhaps we'll find out here ;)

to me these are very good scenes, both!

(i'd just like to see more care in processing... in particular RE line aliasing on the 1st image and shadow detail on the 2nd. i love it when this kind of stuff gets nursed to perfection.)