The road adds nice leading lines to this photograph. Intense color in the trees. The only thing I might have done differently is to crop it minus the skyline. Its not really important to the picture IMO. Still one of my favorites this week.
This is nice, but doesn't fully do it for me. I think there are two things going on here. First, the background destracts from the crossroads. I cropped from the top and right side and thought it worked better. Secondly, it would be nice to have something else in the photo, ideally a horse drawn carriage coming up to the intersection. Of course, we can't easily pull one of those out of our bag now can we? sigh... I really like the almost surreal look of the road and foilage. It has a nice mood created by the angle and the lighting on the bushes near the crossroads.
Yup. Look at them. Alll the way down there. And where are you? Above them. Try getting a little closer to your subject. At least get someone to drive down that road so you can take picutre of them.