Photos I'm kinda proud of

I figured that flipping through my Flickr album might improve my mood a bit.

I am an amateur armed with a Fuji Finepix 3800. I take a lot of crap photos. But sometimes, I get a few good ones too. I don't do much, if any photo editing. Cropping tends to be the tool I use most often, with occasionaly tweaks of brightness or contrast. I try to trust my eye.

These two were taken last month at the Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. These have not been edited in any way:
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2673594008/in/set-72157606196739919/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2673616266/in/set-72157606196739919/

I love this one of purplepenguin gearing up at Estrella War. It's so him.
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2278683226/in/set-72157603946634507/

This one was taken at Great Western War from my tent at sunset, again without editing:
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/1511647880/in/set-72157602308190120/

Pennsic, last summer. It rained a lot. What I lack in action photos I make up for with candid people pics.
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025828728/in/set-72157603177708412/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025844150/in/set-72157603177708412/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025040721/in/set-72157603177708412/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025033749/in/set-72157603177708412/ (cropped, maybe?)

Woodland Scottish Games:
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025801456/in/set-72157603177707772/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025002061/in/set-72157603177707772/

Estrella, 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2024939439/in/set-72157603181946273/  (pretty sure this was cropped.)
Really nice portrait shot of Katherine.
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025745214/in/set-72157603181946273/

Two years ago at Hakone Matsuri, I got this nice detail of one of the shamisen players. Might have cropped this, but I cannot remember. The one of the mallard is unedited.
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2024740071/in/set-72157603181936365/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025549368/in/set-72157603181936365/

Candid shot of my nephew Brian at the pumpkin patch, somewhere near Annapolis, MD in October 2006. Late afternoon light gives some interesting results. Unedited: http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2024840395/in/set-72157603177700940/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025640744/in/set-72157603177700940/
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2024836549/in/set-72157603177700940/

Fountain outside the Smithsonian, also October, 2006. Once again, this camera does beautifully in overcast conditions. Possibly cropped:
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025653152/in/set-72157603177700940/

Fisherman's Wharf, September, 2006
http://flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/2025634144/in/set-72157603181936627/