who only by moving can balance

crazyscot kindly passed a superfluous film SLR camera on to me. The last time I did any photography I was about 12 and using a 35mm point-and-shoot camera: I'm still a very long way from sure about what everything does (yes, I have RTFM, thanks :-p) and, of course, I don't get instant feedback on what I'm doing...

I'm well aware I've got a lot to learn but concrit is welcome.


[Turtles basking in sunlight at the edge of a pond.]


[An orange tree from below, with a single unripe orange in focus.]


[A series of gable windows and chimneys in a red-tiled rooftop, within the walls of a grey-stone castle.]


[Half a conifer in silhouette against a dim blue sky streaked with pink clouds.]


[Three bulbs of garlic, on sprouting, in the light streaming through a leaded window.]


[An artichoke gone to flower, with a bee crawling around behind it.]


[A series of red-brick gable walls, seaparted by green bushes.]


[A single red tomato in a cluster of green tomatoes is in focus; more tomato vines are visible but blurred in the background.]