The -- Mostly -- Desert Scene

It's been a while since I posted here. I've joined a camera club in Tucson now, and entered my first competition Tuesday night (3/13/07). Two entries; one made the year end show, and the other was rated pretty low by the judge. Here are the images -- can you guess which one did well, and which one bombed out?

Here's the first picture, from a recent trip to Santa Barbara:


and here's the second one, at the Painted Desert: