Total Newbie: 6 Months in Photos w/the NEX5-N

Hey Guys... thanks for the comments!

ALL of these were shot in JPEG (I only recently started reading up on RAW) Some shots I "enhanced" a bit in iPhoto, but nothing drastic.. Im not sure if that is considered post-processing. The only ones I used a tripod for were the lightning shots... for this I read up on how to use bulb mode and got myself an inferred remote as I found just pressing the button made the shots blurry. Shooting lightning is a lot of fun... I just wish the NEX did not take so long "processing" after closing the shutter after keeping it open for a while... Do all cameras do this?

Also, I might add that for every one good shot you see here... there were at-least 10 that I threw out for various reasons. Hopefully as I learn more and start shooting in manual modes I will be able to throw out less photos!