I love the colors in image #1. If the highlights behind the mushroom in #2 aren't completely blown, it might be good to selectively decrease them as the brighter objects consistently pull my eye off your primary subject.
Excellent subjects and captures Steven.
Agree with Kevin about decreasing the highlight (or vignetting).
Kevin, Miltos thanks for the compliments
Kevin, thanks highlighting the problem in #2. It's one of those situations, got one thing right but forgot the other 8) will PP it again
I really love the colors in #1. I see what Kevin and Miltos are saying about the highlights in #2 but I really love how the shapes of the highlights seem to mimic the mushroom. I think it's a beautiful image and perspective.
Love the concentric rings of rich color on the first shot, and the lines raying out from the center. Whoever designed this fungus had a great sense of geometry...and the photographer had the keen eye to spot it.
thanks Wayne for the kind words