A real beauty. You managed to get some non-blurry shots; I rarely can do that w/ a pet.

I really like the brown leaf in the water---its sharpness and detail surrounded by the obvious, but blurry tree reflections.

Also the last one of the seedheads against the sky. You really notice the world around you and present it so well.

Don Speck

There are a lot of things pulling on my attention in this shot. I'd like to see a definitive center of attention. If you were at the bottom of the lower staircase and shooting up at the building with the red grill and doorway---that would provide a real focus. Then perhaps showing just a little of the walkway/railing trailing out of the picture to the left---Now we have a center and a suggestion of more sights to come.

Don Speck

The top photo is of a bauhinia or orchid tree.

The camera attempts to balance the exposure to neutral gray. Since so much of your scene is white, it stops down to reduce the exposure. You'll find the darker scene shows more shades in the bright areas than one in which the snow is rendered as white. I found a similar effect at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

Marvelous shots and a great nature experience!

When photoing primarily people at an event I usually use a reduced-quality JPEG for small prints or online gallery. For large format, esp. outdoors, I use RAW.

I like the overall effect. Some more light on the boats would give a center of interest, but mother nature doesn't always cooperate.

I have an old version of PhotoShop that freezes up quite often. I use Paint.net as my alternate photo processor. It can do a lot of what Photoshop does, plus, it's a free download.