Trying to Get a First Shot On

[ARandall70]

Hello all, this is my first time posting here. I generally shoot video, but until recently I also shot pictures of most everything I videoed, accumulating a few years worth of shots. Its all with a point and shoot, but I believe I have a few that are worth trying to share. I've had a few other rejected but really thought I had a good chance with this one:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewreject.php?id=1002062&key=0

It was hit for saturation and unlevel the first time I uploaded, and I fixed the saturation and rotated CW a little, apparently not enough. Is CW the right way or am i off? I'm going off the center pipe of the left water tower.

But with this second upload I got composition/balance, Is there any way to fix that? I know there isnt really that much on the left, and Its about as tall as the shot can be.

Thanks For Your Help

[JCagle]

Do you have and unedited original to work off of? The composition is going to be the big one to kill getting it on there, and then the leveling would be a secondary issue.
They like pictures that follow the rule of thirds. Simply put divide your picture into thirds vertically and horizontally.  You want to leave about a third of the frame in front of the nose of the leader.

Since you are trying to show the tall water tanks I would place the lower rail along the line for the bottom third of the frame.

As for the leveling I would level it based on the horizontal plane say the supports in the legs.

They are really picky and sometimes it seems like it is hard to get a start on there. Even if they don't like it don't beat your self up as long as you like it.

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