I prefer this one too; lines a'plenty and I like the emphasis given to the post & knob. Very nice Tak. rendering.

Lovely picture. Who's the bloke? Too soon for romance ?

Sweet bokeh.

Nicely done! This one is more appealing than the other. Lots of lines!

Yes! Like being in a gaol with the sun shining in! It's picked up a hint of abstraction with no apparent ends to those verticals, but I reckon it's worked very well. Thanks for trying this out.

is this along the lines of what you were thinking? (pardon the pun)
http://www.tmphillips.com/pg/picture.php?/24646/category/363
wish i had taken the shot better but we were making a mad dash out of there to get the kids to their Wed. night club on time and it was a struggle to keep up...

Wowsers - this is great; you're excused from lines for the rest of the year! Your pic I know, but I'd be tempted to run the blade across the top, just below those four gate horizontals. It means sacrificing Sol but you still keep the big flare spike and the frame is absolutely chockers with the lines. You must have thought all your Christmases had come at once when you spotted this

Letting your good mate Sol munch into those timber slats!

Nice contrast betwwen the verticals and the converging horizontals. Really liking the bright overall finish and the large expanses of blur you've applied in this set.

Taking advantage of the birthday remnants
Love all the little empty cat eyes on the far right - shaping up for a giant swirl.