John,

I am not an expert or a critic and I want to encourage you as much as I can but I have to agree with this comment. In looking at number 2 my eye just couldn't settle on what the intended focus point was in this otherwise beautiful photograph. When I first started learning photography I spent all of my time learning how to manually operate the camera and learn all of its features only to finally come to the conclusion that getting the camera to focus on exactly what I wanted it to might be the most important skill of all. With "Auto-Focus" being so sophisticated these days I think it is easy to assume that the camera knows best most of the time but in my experience that isn't always true. As I understand it now when you are in some of the "Auto-Focus" modes your camera has to choose between what is the brightest object and what is the closest object in the image you want to photograph and sometimes it chooses something different than what you intended. Even with "Auto-Focus" you still have to make sure it is focusing precisely on the part of the image you want to feature. I think it will benefit your photography greatly to study up on all of the focusing modes on your camera. Choosing between Multi, Center and Spot can make a huge difference in controlling the focus to suit your needs. Also using "Flexible Spot" can be a huge advantage as well. When I first bought my A6000 it was the first full featured camera I ever owned and it has taken me a couple of years to learn how to use it. In fact, I am still learning.

Otherwise I think your photos are generally excellent. I am impressed at how much you seem to have learned so quickly. Judging from the results you are getting already you should be able to learn to use your camera fully in a fraction of the time it took me.

I wish you much success. You're already off to a great start.