They are both very nice. Both are dramatic. My opinion is, if you can have an image that is dramatic without post work than stick with that. It's nice to be able to say, "I shot that picture and it my photographic skills made it as nice as it is. I didn't let the software help me." That's just my opinion though. Was this done with a digital camera? If not I would love to know what film you used. Very nice results. I like a lot of contrast... -Andrew