#1. slightly blur, in this kind of shot you can "freeze" the action with faster shutter speed or you can "panning it" (with 1/60-1/30 sec shutter speed).
#2. this photo is too busy, you need to recomposed the frame for better composition.
#3. This is nice! i like this silhouette, maybe much better if the tree on right (bottom) corner not included in this frame.
1. I agree with Wahyu - shorten your shutter speed and get a clearer in-motion shot. :) And I'm not sure what camera you're shooting with, but if it's a DSLR (and I don't know but maybe point-and-shoots have this feature too) then play with the white balance - I feel the photo could benefit from some warm tones (which you can achieve by setting the WB to 'shady' or cloudy').
2. It's good - I like the use of depth and how the sparklers echo each other. I think it'd be improved if the sparklers were further apart, both in terms of depth and in terms of horizontally across the frame - have one distinctly in the front, and the other not intruding on it in the background.
3. Quite good. :) I like the little moon flare! I like the silhouette of the trees and the gradient of the night sky.
the only bit of advice i can give is watch the composition,the first pic is a well timed capture but you have chopped the top of the rider's head off slightly which is distracting,then as the others have said about the sparklers, with the 3rd shot i would either have chopped the bottom right silhouette out or framed it so the moon flare was more central between the trees/bushes.
i can't help with anything more technical as i am still learning myself
I agree that you should focus on composition - if you've not read about the Rule of Thirds, that "rule" is a great way to start thinking about composition and will yield immediate benefits! here's a good article to get you started: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds
Your top shot is really well composed horizontally, because you're giving the horse and rider somewhere to go by leaving the left side of the frame open. As @sallycheese said if you had just composed it a little further down vertically, that would have made the shot even better.
Good luck!
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#1. slightly blur, in this kind of shot you can "freeze" the action with faster shutter speed or you can "panning it" (with 1/60-1/30 sec shutter speed).
#2. this photo is too busy, you need to recomposed the frame for better composition.
#3. This is nice! i like this silhouette, maybe much better if the tree on right (bottom) corner not included in this frame.
2. It's good - I like the use of depth and how the sparklers echo each other. I think it'd be improved if the sparklers were further apart, both in terms of depth and in terms of horizontally across the frame - have one distinctly in the front, and the other not intruding on it in the background.
3. Quite good. :) I like the little moon flare! I like the silhouette of the trees and the gradient of the night sky.
i can't help with anything more technical as i am still learning myself
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds
Your top shot is really well composed horizontally, because you're giving the horse and rider somewhere to go by leaving the left side of the frame open. As @sallycheese said if you had just composed it a little further down vertically, that would have made the shot even better.
Good luck!