One Last Time

OK. I have four favorites. I'm done doing everything I want to do to them and, for the most part, you guys picked all my favorite edits anyway. For one of the columns shots, the vote was split, right where my own opinion was split, so I combined the images and I think it works nicely. Here are my four favorites:
1:

2:


3:


4:


I can only submit two images, so, if you could only pick two, which ones would you pick? I have a couple of suspected favorites, but I like them all!
Now...I need to go enjoy the rest of my birthday!

A Few More...

Here's the other column photo. A few options, post-processing:

1) the original image


2) tweaked a little bit


3) black and white


4) lots of drama


Which one(s) do you like best?

Ever Indecisive,
Me

Google, The Gimp & Me

A little Googling revealed a world of new information to me regarding photo editing with The Gimp - my super-cool, open-source, photo-editing software of choice. That I don't really know how to use.
So, armed with a tiny bit of new knowledge and a fistful of poorly-exposed photos, I set out to see what I could do.
Here are four versions of the one photo I am pretty sure I will upload to the contest website. Help me decide which edit is best!

1) The original image:


2) Just a nudge in the right direction:


3) Lots of contrast - but is it too much?


4) Black and white - and maybe a little lifeless:


Whaddaya think?
I'll try to put a few more asking-your-opinion posts tonight and tomorrow. I'm far enough into this project to have lost all sense of judgment. Seriously.