Soft, and lacking definition...

Got another rejection at Alamy. Jeez, I think I got overconfident. I think I'm looking at two problems. First, the Rebel XT, while producing much better results than point and shoot cameras, really is at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to DSLRs. Second, we have this really great light in the Seattle. "Seattle Gray" its when there is always a 100% uniform cloud cover that provides overly soft and drab light throughout the entire day. This really hurts because there are no shadows or highlights a lot of times. That means pictures end up looking soft, and lacking definition.

One picture in particular was a cruise ship... can you imagine the light I would need to make that look right? Yes, stack another 400 flashes over there please...

So I need to work more on composition and evaluating and dealing with the crappy light we have up here.