Great catch on the first image although I would rather have seen in in landscape mode with more space on the right. Great composition on the second image.

I do hope that there was also a "pro" covering the event.
Your first image lacks "pop", the second is not sharp and the third was obviously blown out in areas which has robbed you of nice skin tones and spectral highlights. Also on the third image, an almost unbreakable rule of thumb is to never "shoot up the nostrils". A higher camera position would have been a big improvement.

Hope that helps . . .


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