You should never need to do any adjustments in an external program. Most of the adjustments should be done on the camera itself.
They look good but you need to work on your contrasting.
That said may I use the picture of the kid in this weeks sotw?
Well, i use an external program, if I need to crop it, or if I think it's absolutely necessary, so most of the time i don't
Ok, i'm trying to work on my contrasting, i've recently taken some other photos, which have good contrast, but they're in film, so I can't upload them.
Yeah, if you want