Taken at Druridge Bay, Northumberland

I like your animal shots, not so keen on the flowers.

i like the looopy lupin.

everything else needs something

As with everything, you cant please all the people all of the time .

The dog was one that the owner just happened to be sitting there. Somw kids were feeding the birds so the duck was photographed on the lake, same with the swan. Blue flowers, I had to use f8 to get sufficient depth of field, so small I had problems getting the autofocus to lock onto them. Lilac flowers, a common UK orchid species, esy enough to photograph but the whole plant was under 3" tall so difficult to get down to.

Personally I think the dog is best followd by the duck.

Looks like you suffered light wise, that day..  looks a bit dark and dingy, which never helps at all

The dog is cool looking

The dog was photographed a bit before the others and it clouded up a bit later. They could still be fixed with a bit of manipulation TBH..