Into the Wilderness by
CyrildaComment: Since you have commented that nobody comments, I figure I should at least review a few images and try and give you some feedback. Take it with a pinch of salt.
From the perspecitive of this challenge, the image met the challenge, however, it scored poorly for a number of reasons. I gave it a 4 and I'll try to explain why.
Composition: you shot this straight on, there's nothing leading us into the picture to really make it interesting
Technicals: Even if I couldn't see what the technical information was here, I could have told you immediately that you had a far too slow shutter speed for this image. i assume that this was taken handheld? You have a lot of camera shake in this image as the shutter speed was 0.3s. With a zoom lens such as the one you are using to ensure you get a sharp image your slowest shutter speed should be no slower than 1/60 (if shooting at 55mm) and no slower than 1/250 if shooting at the long end, ie 250 mm. Even with the Image Stabilisation, which this lens has, to be on the safe side, you should aim to have fast shutter speeds. Those zoom lenses are very unforgiving of even very minor camera shake. Don't be afraid of bumping the ISO up to 800 or higher to ensure you get the faster shutter speeds.
post process I maybe totally off the mark here, but it looks to me that you have played with the saturation. To me it looks over saturated, it's very rare to see trees as vibrant as those in nature. I would avoid over saturation at all costs, even though quite a lot of images on DPC that do well are over saturated, the majority that do well are not.
I believe the low score can 100% be attributed to the poor technique used shooting this image. out of focus images like this will never do well on DPC.
Message edited by author 2016-09-15 14:59:57. 
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