This one had an amazing sunrise over the wooden bridge down at Dollymount here in Dublin. I already posted up a colour version.
Went out the next morning hoping to catch a similar sunrise at Seapoint beach beside the Martello tower near Dun Laoghaire but no colours came into the sky at all. But I kind of like the serenity and simplicity of this.
Mark I feel you are doing your colour version of the first shot a disservice as it was so good and had a terrific range of colours in it. While there is no real fault with your B&W version there is a hint of a cheap version of the colour one to it.. Maybe if you had waited for a longer period of time before posting it it would have been better.
As regards your second shot I think perhaps there is too much sky in it. I also feel that the 3 subjects in the foreground are competing for the viewers attention and as they are spread right across the frame it is difficult for the eye to settle on any one area. So perhaps a stronger sense of composition is needed.