A few pics - comments please?

[doesnotcompute]

You may remember I'm new to this, 350d twin lens kit only - haven't spent out any more yet. No filters, fancy glass, tripods etc. Any thoughts or advice based on these?

"Stranded by the sun"
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"Lost Anchor"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doesnotcompute/235282613/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/93/235282613_789a0fe9cb.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Lost Anchor" /></a>

"Broken Dreams"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doesnotcompute/235282267/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/96/235282267_dee04afe60.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Balloon Crash" /></a>

"Light House" = hand held, I so wish I'd had a tripod :(
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doesnotcompute/235282445/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/94/235282445_927c4154f5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Light House" /></a>

"Osteospermum" again, handheld.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doesnotcompute/190218733/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/78/190218733_c23ce9645b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="July09" /></a>

"Gotcha"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doesnotcompute/235282355/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/82/235282355_ac36f46221.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Papped!" /></a>

Thanks :)

[fountainhead]

Looks as though you've soon mastered DSLR All look good to me

[homerjhandley]

the 'lost anchor' one, if you had taken it a bit 'lower' then i think it may look slightly better.

ie just crouched a bit, still have the boat in mind, but just witha lower perspective

[RomerojpgX]

They look nice to me, the beach ones look great.

[homerjhandley]

as people have said, it takes more than a camera to take a good picture, and seems you may have the ;eye' ;)

[doesnotcompute]

thanks folks, I must admit these are a few of those that I feel are "better than the rest". I've taken hundreds of very mediocre shots that, if I'm honest, I could probably have done just as well with my ixus700.

What's your average "hit rate" of really good shots against the normal/crap ones?

HJH - I see what you mean about alternative angles, will think a bit more. Especially where time isn't of the essence.

[wseed]

Look fine to me as a beginner or otherwise. The anchor one shows that your thinking about the whole image foreground and background so well done.