Well judging from your township shots ... I reckon you have the other 2 entrants beat ;)
Seriously though (briefly of course), some of your shots would stand out in a major competition!!
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Yeh well it severely depletes my serious reserves for the rest of the day though http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/home/smf/S...ssic/groan.gif
Not sure how to help you out too much here. the sharpness has already been mentioned. The first one seems to be blown out as well. The highlights around the tree are distracting as well. Nice to get the water drops frozen in action, but with a broken lens Im not sure these were going to work out in the first place. Just wait for the new lens and go from there.
The third shot is nice, but a little more DOF. It would ruin the action of the shot, but hey, good work with what you had.