365 Days of Ikebana -Day 76

It’s October 1st and here in Washington,DC it feels like early November. The temperatures have fallen into the 40’s tonight and it is rainy, not good for trying to get out in the garden in the dark with a flashlight to find floral materials. The studio is chilly too, and winterproofing this early is just not an option. I had to scramble to work on an arrangement late today,and so I picked up the first thing in the studion that caught my imagination. A boomerang shaped piece of driftwood caught my eye and so I started to twist and turn it and let my mind wander as to how it could be used. After a few different vases were tried and rejected I settled on the black striped rust vase as my container. My idea was to do a freestyle arrangement with the drftwood and other materials, so I chose some kiwi vine that was similar in color and had some contrasting circular lines. The photo above is the first version, and I finaly came up wiht a second version that I also liked. I thought I could post them here and get some opinions. Which version do you like better and why?