Quote Originally Posted by estis fatuus
I had originally planned on taking the second picture twice using differing shutter speeds, so I could merge the two. I was going to use the detail of the darkened Eclipse, with the darker background taken with a slower shutter speed, but at some point I simply forgot to do it.

I usually view your comments as "slightly over critical advice", and try to listen to what you say without getting bothered that you usually reply with something negative, so no harm done.

Criticism is never a bad thing if it's done in the right way. You're usually pretty good at keeping it constructive.

Give me a few months to get used to the camera, and then you can be as wildly critical as you want, because there should be no reason for flaws in the pictures. Until then just try keep in mind that the shoots I've posted thus far (with the SLR) were all pretty spontaneous in nature, done having no location pre-planned, and taken with a camera that I've had for a little over a week now.
Like I said man that is the way I get treated with mine when I post on photography sites (and what I post here is nothing compared to what I get on there) and I have only had my SLR for about a month longer than you so I am in the same boat. Ask Jaime about my getting him with his pics, it is not meant to put you down in anyway but only to help you take even better pics.