Eddy Vortex wrote:
I'm not a fan of these at all. Looks like they were darkened and then the non-sky parts were lightened (very sloppy editing). In #1 the leaves aren't in focus and (compositionally) it's dull. I'd try some different techniques.
Sorry to disappoint you, but you are in the minority! In #1 the focus was on the cross(not the leaves) as that was the subject of the photo. In the landscapes I darkened the sky, not lightened it. These were all shot as jpegs, so there is little editing that can be done compared to raw images.