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I'm late to the thread, but maybe that's good because I see more shots. I will say that you've got a great eye and shoot some interesting perspectives. The worst shot was that garden patch. The lighting was too strong on the patch and your perspective was "ordinary". You might have gone as wide as you could with the lens and gotten down close to the patch, using a small aperture to get good DOF.
Are you shooting RAW? Even with a P&S you can gain a lot by shooting RAW and learning to post process. You're chosing scenes with a lot of dynamic range and you're leaving some on the table. When you get a good DSLR you can do much more, but digital is exposed different from film. Look at the histogram, so that you increase the exposure to the Right of the histogram without washing out the highlights. This only works for RAW. This technique will result in an uncorrected image that looks bright, but you use the Light or Brightness slider in your RAW-conversion software to bring the exposure down to a better level. The you Crop, check the Detail, add Noise Reduction if needed (several of your shots could use a little), tweak the Saturation and you've got an Image that pops. (No Photoshop required, as you can do all this in your RAW-conversion software).
I really like the potential that I see in your work. You're doing the right thing in asking for critique and advice. Forums like this will help you to advance quickly.
Dave
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