Practice in composition and technique

I am practicing my photography skills some lunchtimes by taking my camera and wandering the waterfront. Of the 45 or so photos I took on Monday lunchtime, I really like two (interestingly, they're both the first ones in the sequence I took of those objects). Of the rest, I think about maybe a third, I got the shot I was thinking about. Most of those are okay photos, but nothing spectacular.

Interestingly, none of them are close-ups, which is probably my favourite thing to play with on the camera at the moment.

( the ones I like )