Sten and Anirban, thanks for the comments.
Oh, I simply love the first one Akira. The woman in red is like a red berry in a meadow of greens.
That was exactly the inspiration. Glad you sensed that.
First one is terrific - outstanding color combination and contrast.
In the second shot I don't see prominence of any particular color, unlike rest of the shots in this series.
I would have to agree. But, hey, this is a thread for the "experiments". The unprocessed image was way more boring, and the reflection on the entire facade made of glass made the interior look washed out. I tried to raise the contrast by tweaking not only the "contrast" slider but also the "dehaze" one in ACR.