not quite, its just me maybe, i feel if flare falls on / across main subject looks nice.
in your 1st photo, the flare comes from bottom, make me feel uncomfortable as the norm, position of the sun (hence the flare) usually is on the top side of photos.
Hope you dont mind, crop abit of your photo #2
I did b&w version because i feel my eyes being drawn to the white cloud in the color version.