TimM- "Actually I was thinking more like maybe they're too good (having seen the book)?!"
Well, ex-phot hat on, apart from the shot of the fin with the strobe on, the shots you've posted are all a bit on the dark and dreary side to be honest, the only nicely lit one is the Nimrod one, and the background is pretty uninteresting on that one which kills the shot for me. Certainly the only one I'd have submitted to the boss would be the strobey fin.