Sorry Michelle, But I must agree with Don, The first image is really suffering in my opinion with the inclusion of the bright burnt out sun, it just holds your eye and you dont see the fantastic tracery of the back lit grasses which in themselves shout sun. I appreciate this is the way you wanted to present your work but I would ask you to consider this. If you were to print this in B&W would you print back to the paper base? As for the black area I would personally make a tighter crop removing it and the bright highlights. I hope you dont feel I am being critical I am only trying to be constructive. Great titles not sure where Jordy is coming from ;0)

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali