I admire your honesty in your edits Dean.
It's perhaps the whole point of your project, we know you can take a good photograph, this I feel is more about your vision and thought processes.
Gone all feng shui with the above but it's how I have felt about photography for a while now.
There's more to it in my opinion than simply pressing the shutter.
Too often I have gone out and not taken any photographs but that's ok as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway, I ramble haha. I enjoyed your edits and more, enjoyed a glimpse of what your thoughts were.
Keep up the good work my friend