Aperture Help?

[skierkyle]

hey!
Just wanted to introduce myself, my names kyle and im very new to DPS, also very new to photography. Just looking to get a little input on my pictures. I recently just got my first Digital SLR (Nikon D5000) and i have been messing around with the settings and trying to figure everything out..
heres on of my shots:
EXIF
Focal Length: 18
Exposure time: 1/250
F-Stop: 7.1
18-55mm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49587519@N06/4598885959/

what can i do to make it better or try next time?
also if you have anytime to check out some of my others, all feedback greatly appreciated
Thanks!

[skierkyle]

link to photostream* http://www.flickr.com/photos/49587519@N06/

[Wylde007]

i like it to be honest and the F-Stop: 7.1 works well here, you can see enough of the street to make it interesting, you could depending on your lens try a larger Aperture (smaller number) like f4 but this would blur out the background maybe to much.

I would crop it a little to make it more landscape in it's look, in on the left so you get rid of the white building and down from the sky to just under the thick wire if you know what i mean, then maybe clone out the rest of the wire! hope that makes a little sense.

it also looks good in B&w

it's only my opinion though and it means nothing!!

all the best
Simon