In the first image, the idea was to emphasize the colour of the building. My first thought was “a golden nugget” 🙂 Building has a specific orange colour, in some circumstances it can catch the golden-ish appearance. For example, during the day, after the rain.The sky is still dark, and the single light ray hits the building. Bright center of the image, focus on the library. Dark, shaded edges – vignette effect. Strong light from the left. Dark sky and strong shadows on the bottom of the image.

The interior white top is large and distinctive. So it took a long time on this texture. Other textures are restored as much as possible by photo. Regarding the indoor lighting, it should have been determined long ago, but I don’t know if I need to add that sunshine. The original idea is to make the picture have a visual focus. At present, the effect is not obvious, and then consider it.
Texture added, and a little light. The time is very tight, I want to add the ice and snow elements as soon as possible, so there may not be too many workflow updates before submitting the final document.

On this stage I was searching for general mood, found some angle of view that looked interesting for me. It turned out to be a hill near the library. Also i choosed night time with moonlight coming from back, providing some interesting shadows from trees. High point of view The architectural illumination and light from windows interracting and plays with fog should be a memorable feature. А high point of view allowed us to review the library architecture despite the fog that was lower. The library seems to be sailing from this perspective. I decided that this might well fit the task of the competition: to present the building in an extraordinary way and perspective.