You're being too hard on yourself Matt, the Storm in a tea cup works really well
I guess we can let you off the selective colouring
Cracked - That's going a bit above and beyond isn't it Matt? Or is that a composite to create the cracks on the screen?
Spooky - Can't beat a bit of mist and b&w treatment, nicely done.
Pose - Not sure I get 'pose' from this shot, but it is a clean sharp shot
News - I really did LOL at the red top you've produced there, love it. And yes, it did get me opening the flickr version to see how much copy you'd done.