Pretty skies and shutter speeds

After a spot of climbing at Hare Crag at the weekend, I got the camera out to take a picture of the view down Eskdale. The sky was very dramatic and I wanted try different things to see how the pictures came out. The three pictures below were taken with increasingly long shutter speeds. I wanted the picture to show the light beaming down through the clouds, but I didn't want the colours of the landscape to be lost completely.

This last picture seems to show the colours of the ground more, though the sky looks less dramatic as a consequence. Perhaps the middle picture is the best compromise.