I'll asume vignetting wasn't the only rejection reason? I see issues with softness, color, size, and centering as well. That having been said, it's not too bad for your first attempt, though I don't know if you will be able to edit it to standards for here. Assuming you can fix the issues I have just mentioned, the image will still be backlit, which in general, doesn't work too well for here. In any case, you can try giving this one a re-edit addressing the problems mentioned above, and we'll how that turns out.
JKPhotos From Germany, joined Nov 2011, 110 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 704 times:
Hi,
Take a look at the sky, it is darker on the sides and especially in the corners. This is called "Vignetting".
Wiki: "In photography and optics, vignetting ( /vɪnˈjɛtɪŋ/; French: "vignette") is a reduction of an image's brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the image center. "
You could try to solve this problem by using a Lens Correction filter for example in Photoshop.
But you should trust Dana's words, there seem to be other obstacles to get it accepted.
dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7318 posts, RR: 31 Reply 6, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 666 times:
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Quoting maodeh (Reply 5): here is the original picture :
If the original image is only 1023 pixels across, there is probably not much that you will be able to do. You should keep in mind that while very versatile cameras, super-zooms like your SX40 make great compromises in terms of quality to fit such a massive focal range into a single camera/lens combination. You shouldn't expect results to be too good in anything but the best light, and at relatively close range. Anything outside of those conditions, and you'll start to see quality issues, like with the image above.