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I'll bite...
These images fail because the composition is awful. How long did you spend thinking before you took the shots? Not much, I'd guess. (And clearly it was 'not enough.) Did you identify the main subjects (bride, shovel, truck/arm, background?) Did you consider how sharp each item wanted to be? (As suggested, slight background softness wouldn't hurt.)
Dude, 'photography' is not about obsessing over meaningless crap like amplifier glow. Get over it. It's NOT helping. At the moment, and very much IMO!, you are not a 'photographer,' you are a Gear Dweeb With a Camera who is living in a world where 99% of Gear Dweebery is, despite its wide popularity, a waste of energy...
Nor does a 'photographer' rely on the camera to 'take a good picture' no matter what lighting or composition he throws at it. (Not to dog pile, but I see that a lot in your efforts.) Nor is it about spending hours in post trying to rescue a dead dog. IMO, 'Photography' is about what happens inside your head BEFORE you push the shutter. You need to learn to live with DOF limits, and finite dynamic range, and sensor noise, and lots of other irritating technical shortcomings. Forget that shit. Instead, take the time to arrange the subjects - within those technical bounds! - such that they harmonize and don't clash with each other. If you have trouble seeing this 'big picture,' try composing with the lens racked out of focus. This will reduce the main subjects to blobs of light and color. Arrange the blobs in an attractive pattern before proceeding...
Before you can start to learn to do any of this, you are going to have to accept that the camera can not 'rescue' you from the problems you will encounter. The camera is not the limiting factor. If you can't get past that, you'll never improve.
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