Choice of Poppies

My neighbor's poppies have been calling to me for a few days. I couldn't choose between two poppy shots today. The first one, all contrast and brightness and clarity. The other, soft, muted, ethereal. I never know if I make the right choice. But, I think it's interesting how you can always get two very different photographs of the same subject at the same moment. It shows that the brain is what's really making the image...then you use your skills and tools to get it.

The background of the first shot is a car parked on a steep hill.