Quote Originally Posted by motlive
I guess I am expecting too much at the moment, you know when you look at something and can see the photo in your head, then when you take it it just doesnt come out at all like you saw.
Can you describe to us what you expected the picture to look like?

You have two pictures taken in fairly soft light. It sounds like you want them to look sharp but the lighting is not contrasty (which would make them look sharp). It sound like you want to use limited depth of field but I can't see a clear subject to focus on.

You may be previsualising an image which is not in your subject.