Thank you for the comments. These are what I need! I did get PS Elements and am trying to learn it. This one WAS brightened!Yikes! Anyway, I usually crop tight with the camera and then more. Today I shot this and was so busy trying to "fix" it, I forgot to crop. As soon as I posted it, the trees on the left yelled out "Ha! We are here!" I may have dust, my lenses are about 15 yrs old and have never been serviced (formerly used with F90). I will keep plugging along and I do appreciate you taking the time to comment, useful ones, too! PS WHat is sensor dust? I posted another photo of the same barn, is it any better? Also, this is Nebraska, everything is Flat! Pretty, in a flat, rural way.
HI Donna, thought I'd offer my 2 cents here. I saw your Train pic and thought it was great - good eye. But some of the same problems are here too. First, there is obvious sensor dust in the photo - that needs to go. Second, the colors are drab, you need to invest in some editing software, even Elements can do wonders. Photoshop of course is best. Levels, Hue/Sat , maybe some sharpening all would help. In camera cropping is a problem, with the building on the L - that is a big distraction, the power lines on the right are too. You may want to consider a polarizing filter, the sky is very flat. Finally, here is the most important point, keep shooting, you've got a great eye, just need some work on the stuff above, which honestly is pretty easy and you'll really progress. NIce job, keep it up.
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