Please CC - night shots from this week

Please CC and let me know what could be done better. I am new at this and seeking for some help. Some reason the shots came out not as sharp as I was expecting. Would you agree? Thanks

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The look decent, but you've definitely got some hot spots blown out. (sometimes that's just an inevitable thing, but may either try bracketing two or more shots and then blend together to keep your highlights under control)

It would also help in critiques, if you leave the EXIF info attached to the images, that way we can easily see what your settings were.

I think #2 has some really nice potential if you can get the exposure down.

+1

i would suggest manual settings completely i start zeroed out at 100ISO usually 1/125 f8 and take a test shot and work from there. also think about your framing on number 2 the bin is very distracting as its perfectly lit. and finally think about your whitebalance try and big the building colours back up a bit.

good effort though great potential

Thanks to Todd and speedyGoo for your comments. Always appreciate it.

Thanks to Todd and speedyGoo for your comments. Always appreciate it.