N00b here

[piggle5]

#5 has a very nice composition and the additional one that you posted and cropped so that they were on the right is a good photo too. Don't ALWAYS default to the rule of thirds though, while it works better in this photo, sometimes its nice to leave it in the middle for a change. I know you said you were just messing around with camera settings and stuff on #2 but you always have to be conscious of where things are around the edges. The word at the top is very very distracting when its cut off so awkwardly. Other than that I like the set you posted.

 

[hammondfra]

The crop you did was a nice touch...and yes the fountain was uber stupid they had at the botanical gardens, but I only had like 15 minutes to get all the pictures done so they could roll to prom; not much fore thought was put in it at all; hell I only had the camera for 2 hours before the photo shoot.

and thanks piggle5, I am actually going to photshop the text off the headstone, hopefully it will make it more appealing. Unfortunatly I had only about 1 hour to get a ton of shots in that day since we had a huge storm moving in quickly that day...I may try to hit up the oldest cemetary we have in the city this weekend and try it again and actually set-up my shots a bit better...

thanks again for all the ideas everyones been putting in here.