Do these work?

Lighting was very hard. But thought they came out ok. I know I could of taken them better. so please tell me how. Keen to learn.
done on my 350D sigma 28 300. iso 400 1/2000 at f/7.1.

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Do you have a CP filter? If not get one it will make a big difference.

"Lighting was very hard. But thought they came out ok. I know I could of taken them better. so please tell me how. Keen to learn.
done on my 350D sigma 28 300. iso 400 1/2000 at f/7.1."

First I would increase apperture; slow down a little and increase DOF. Get a tripod too and a poloriser as advised above. Compositionally the third wins, the other two just have no depth to them. For the third I would have cropped tighter, bringing the two on the left to around a third up and in, the rest of the picture would fit better then and bring the horizon to a third down.

welcome to POTN.. it sure is a challenge atleast inititially to pick up a camera, the suggestions above are good and I'm sure the PM dimitri sent you is better than any advice I can give you.. shooting in the middle of the day and with incredibly hard light is very much a challenge... slower shutter speeds increasing DOF, filters and exposure compensation can all be helpful.. there are some wonderful tutorials here and your manual can be your very bestfriend..

on a side note. there's a group of us traveling to Namibia and Botswana next year.. any tips on traveling in that part of the country i'm sure we'll be thrilled to hear them...

sari

i like the last shot. welcome to POTN!