cherry blossom & Old Man

Hi, you may have figured im new to this forum, but since i joined im realy getting into it. And this has been my first chance to get realistic feed back from fellow photograhpers. Having said that, here are some more pics for which id like your input.

I only seek to improve my skills, so even harsh citisism is welcome. But if so, please explain your reasons.

Thanks,

NicholasBB

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the cherry blossoms look very nice, but with the slow shutter speed you used, it makes the moving people look weird. i mean, that's maybe what you were going for, but it makes the picture a little worse in my opinion. What's the haze in front of the old guy - is it some weird lighting, smoke? I can't really tell, but I don't think I like that glow that much. also, was it shot using high ISO or something since it looks fairly grainy, or was that the effect you were going for? the third picture is pretty cool with the blurred pedestrians creating a nicer effect than in the first picture, but i still don't know. the last picture doesn't really do it for me.