Thorns

Took both pics in the Sierra Madre mountain range here in the Philippines with an A510(it seems like everyone has an SLR except for me.). Do you think the selective coloring in the first pic works? Comments on how I can improve both pics?

sorry about the title, i was gonna post a plant pic of a plant but then decided to post these instead.

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In the first picture, the grass under the front of the vehicle on the right side is really nice. If you could do something with that, I'd like to see it. In any case, it's usually more interesting of the "big thing" in a picture isn't sitting exaclty on center, so maybe move the Suzuki to the left?

I like the colors in the second one and again, I like the grass. Also the curvy line of the top of the hill is nice.

-Julie

wow, I can't believe I forgot the rule of thirds. Ok, it looks much better now that I cropped both pics. thanks Julie.