Which photo should I enter for a photo contest?

The hay one, add more contrast (it's washed out and insignificant: boost up those blacks and whites and get rid of that awful gray).

There's to much "air" on top of the hay, crop the image following the "rule of thirds" in order to have the horizon matching the rule of thirds upper horizontal line.

More composition info here:

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-...

First one

Visually and compositionally the hay bales shot is more interesting, however, you need to do some work on it to boost the contrast - the lighting looks very flat & its underexposed. White balance looks too cool as well.

Edit: I can have a play with it to show you what I mean if you like...

The first.

Neither images are spectacular because they both look a bit flat and lifeless. If you have time, I'd even suggest going out and taking another. Try something more colorful, unless you have to stick to a B&W palette. Even so, find something that has a broad range of lights and darks.

Just my two-cents

The hay bales, everybody enters photos of trees. Good pictures by the way!

I like the second one

i like the second one, it really highlights the fact that its winter with the snow and ice on the tree(:

I really like the first one- hay bales.

:)

They're both really good!! but the first one is better lol

I like the first one better, but they are both really good.