I think #2 is definitely badass and a great piece. But, I don't see it as a photo. I think Dreams was a really challenging (in a good way!) theme for the competition this month, because conveying something that is so internal in an external way so that a camera can capture that is difficult and requires some creativity. Conveying dreams in a drawing or painting or manipulation? Way waaay easier.
I'm actually interested in what our resident artists like black orb or Fuzakeru might have come up with in their mediums for this challenge.