Views of Cumbria - C&C requested

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Well I finally got round to processing some of the other landscape attempts I took a while back. Again I'm in a new area, without a tripod (so working single shot) and didn't have time to wait for better lighting (very much "snapshot landscape work!)

So without further ado:
All taken with Canon 400D + 70-200mm f2.8 IS L

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4650825700_33ffdaec56_b.jpg
f8, ISO 400, 1/200sec

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4650824972_d906df0bca_b.jpg
f8, ISO 200, 1/200sec
The rocks in this didn't come out as sharp as I would have liked and I suspect my rough focusing method failed me here; since it appears I got the foreground, but not the background. Again an example that I need to learn hyperfocal focusing stuff.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4650826264_69c1e494a6_b.jpg
f8, ISO 400, 1/60sec
shutter getting a bit slow here and it shows with some blur in the trees - sadly at ISO 400 I wasn't prepared to go higher with ISO in already dimming conditions.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4650824254_255c6888fb_b.jpg
f8, ISO 200, 1/200sec
I do wonder, now I see it on the net (I do wish there was a "preview in flickr" button in elements ) if I should have done a bit more with the contrast in this shot just to give it a little bit more punch.

So there we are - 4 more landscape attempts - and I would greatly apprecaite any input people have in these - either on the compositional or the technical or the editing side.

 

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Did I mention I'm going to shoot a wedding with my rebel camera body soon?

 

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Seeing this photo has me wondering.

Was there a location behind you and to the right that is of a higher location?
The twists and turns of the road would have made it a very interesting photo.