First HDR post

Not my first HDR's but I just wanted to get some comment+critique on these guys.

Two exposure hdr, one at 1/250 and one at 1/1000

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I really like the second shot, any particular reason you're using 2 shots instead of three?

I think if using 3 shots you could have gotten a little better definition.

Thanks!
I usually use the darkest and correctly exposed shots when there is sky in my photo. I do this because the overexposed shot seems to take away from the photo... It makes them look misty even if it wasn't.

A slight tilt correction could be applied to the first one, and more to the second.

I think for the first one I need to reprocess it with Camera Raw 6.5 and use the lens corrector.

Both of these photos were processed with Elements, which is partly why the distortion is so visable. :/

The second shot is much better IMO. The first one you're getting blown out clouds on the right, and the color seems muted to me overall.