Do not by any means discourage yourself by thinking anyone here actually thinks your photos suck. Were you trying to win an award with these or something? No? Well, they are great point-and-shoot shots but not on par with Chase Jarvis or even Ansel Adams, not yet anyways. I come here because I think the same thing of my photos (they suck) and I KNOW that the people here won't be sugar-coating anything they say but it is all meant to make each and every one of us better at photography, I assume that's why you came here as well, to become better at photography. If you have the drive and determination, you WILL become better. Thanks for sharing your photos with us. You rock!