Pendelton County WV
by Crafty Sue

Comment by Article19:
washed out, no colour and it's out of focus

Pendelton County WV
by Crafty Sue

Comment by Philos:
This could have been a great landscape photo but it is too hazy to realy tell...
Was there nothing that you could do to get it a bit more crisp?

Pendelton County WV
by Crafty Sue

Comment by ccraft:
The colours are very soft in this and it almost looks like the image is out of focus. I fyou have photo shop, you may want to try increasing saturation levels and using the "sharp" or "unsharp" mask tool to make the image pop. Another suggestion - this is a beautiful scenic. However, sometimes adding something just to the right or left of the foreground (a tree, a flower, something like that) can really bring the viewer's eye in - the eye looks at an image in almost a circular way - starting with the main subject (something in the foreground) and then moves out to the rest of the scene. Employing this technique may bring your results up in future challenges. I think what you've tried here is very nice though.

Pendelton County WV
by Crafty Sue

Comment by tomlewis1980:
Nice view but lacks contrast and focus.

Pendelton County WV
by Crafty Sue

Comment by LalliSig:
I am hoping this image is somehow a mistake, perhaps you downsampled it too much when making it this size but the quality of the image is horrible, soft, full of artefacts and noise also, it looks like it´s taken with a cellular phone with a camera.

Anyway, it would probably be a great shot if it weren´t of this poor quality but I cant help but give it a 1.

Pendelton County WV
by Crafty Sue

Comment by aznym:
This image looks very soft - looks like it was taken from behind a dirty window. Does even look like it's a small area of a much larger image. Also, there's a grey line on the left of the frame, which can be avoided with cropping that bit out. To make this one better, perhaps you could try using Unshark Mask (if using Photoshop) or any other tool in any other software designed to sharpen the image.
I am still wondering why you didn't get rid of that grey line! :) Best of luck.

Iris near fence copy.jpg
by Crafty Sue

Comment by dsidwell:
The fence makes a very nice background for this iris, Sue!

Back Yard Fun
by Crafty Sue

Comment by KaDi:
There are many things that could be done to improve this. This image is over-exposed losing all important detail--it seems that post-processing could have altered that. It's also grainy, since it was shot in the shade I suspect the ISO was a bit too high. Compositionally, the background is distracting, the parked cars demand too much attention. The object that is truly "stopped" is the basketball, and though the boy's attention is on it (and therefore the viewer's attention) we can't see all of it. Finally, the context feels a bit off too, why is he dribbling on the grass lawn? A worthy subject, hope you take critique well and try again.

Back Yard Fun
by Crafty Sue

Comment by GBServis:
Lokks a bit faded and over exposed. The composition is good.

Back Yard Fun
by Crafty Sue

Comment by Koriyama:
When the challenge is over, ask in the forums about this. You'll get a lot of help.