Normally, I would not react on this kind of photo's, but hey, come on, ... there is a limit on back padding. And Jeremy is not helped with making him believe these are fantastic photo's
Just as well there's a Real Photographer in the forum, eh? Helps to stop any of us becoming deluded about ourselves and keeps Russ, Eric and Rajan in line.
Jeremy, why did you make those shots? Is it a registration of someone else's piece of art, or do you want to add something to it and what exactly? Or is it just an exercise in correct exposing a contre jour? (all perfect alibi's, no problem)
Oh dear.
I took them because the scene appealed to me and I considered that the resulting photographs would also appeal. They do, to me; and it appears that while you fail to see any merit in them, they appeal to others, whose opinions I respect.
Why does any of us take photographs? Why did you take "54", or any of your "shades of grey"? Why on earth did you take "cabbage"?
I have no idea what you are trying to convey with the parenthesised words. The word "alibi" doesn't mean what you appear to believe it means and your use of the apostrophe in what I would assume is a plural and not a possessive is wrong.
Take a second look at the first, straighten out the horizon would be better. Not? (Finding the major horizontal and vertical lines)
Take a second look at the first and you will see that the horizon is perfectly level. It isn't straight, because the coastline at that point isn't straight, but it is level.
Jeremy