High Contrast, Yes? Or High Contrast, No...

Original: Kinda boring to me, I was kind of hoping that I could've taken this picture on a nice snowy day, but it being a beautiful summer day; chances were slim to none. 

Edited: This is much more mysterious in my eyes, which i prefer.  I also like how the aspects of the image are more in your face and the details feel more crisp.  The colors in the original were distracting in a way.  This will go into my backlight folder!  A nice replacement to another picture I wasn't too happy with.