How can this photo be better?

Question

what do you think of this photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loveyoursmile/2462514877/in/pool-teenphotographers

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loveyoursmile/2462514883/

Answer 1

First picture could use some fancy work to make it square up.

Second picture, increase the gamma correction, then maybe kick up the contrast a little.  That should lighten it somewhat and bring out detail in the dark parts.  I tried that and it helped.

Answer 2

if you add a nice frame that fits the picture,

they would look even BETTER.

Answer 3

For the first picture, I would have tried to have the building more centred and also the lines created by the top of the building and the bottom of the building should be more horizontal, as opposed to on a slant like they are.

For the second picture, there is too much sky going on. If the mirror is supposed to be a feature of the picture, it needs to be higher up (prob about a third of the way up the picture).

But, that's just me talkin'.