Thank you for your comments. It really helps to have people give honest opinions of my work.

Quote - It seems your work is film based judging from the dust and scratches on many of the images. At the risk of being pushy, go digital!

I have an older digital camera that I use, but I'm currently studying black-and-white film, and there are things that I like about it.

Quote - Too many of them were "busy". Too many branches in the way, too many things in one picture without a definite subject standing out.

I struggle sometimes with things like simplifying an image. Isolating subjects like you suggest is something that I'm still working on. I also have some borrowed photography books that i've already been poring over.

It is better to do one thing well, than to do many things and excel at nothing.