John,
Great shot. There were a couple of good opportunities to get shots like that this week. I took my camera to school (Butler) but didn't have time to take any pics.
In that second one, are the artifacts in the sky a product of the compression, photoshopping, or the camera? I'm guessing that's just a compression issue. They are simply gorgeous shots- I really like them!
I snapped a cool winter shot yesterday m'self, just haven't gotten the time to shrink 'er up and post 'er.