The reason why there are so many people here who are doubting you is because you insisted that you have shot those pics which are badly overexposed ON PURPOSE ..:bsmilie:
You claim that you are a newbie, and it is incredible that you are able to adjust your settings to get overexposed images .... if you are able to do that, then it would be safe to assume that you will be able to adjust the settings correctly.
Most of us have come from being a newbie before, and we have gone thru this "accidental stage" before, so that is why I do not believe that you have done all these ON PURPOSE .
It was a sunny day (and the images are all shot under the sun), and there is nothing to be shy that you have shot some of them incorrectly and maybe if you want the ppl here to C & C, just admit it and post maybe 1 or 2 photos. But to claim that you have done them on purpose, that's to me is as good as telling a white lie..... but if you can prove that I am wrong with this assumption, I will apologise to you here.
It is obvious that if I have done this on purpose, I will not need to tell everyone here that i have done it on purpose (and in red) ....