Let me just start out by saying that I thought this photo was fantastic!
The green grass and the blue sky with the clouds is just beautiful. I think what hurt your entry is the size of it. It is way too small. Small pictures are hard to see and to judge. Because of the small size we are not able to see the details and quality of the picture.
I love the guy in the background! He looks so thrilled. You named the picture well, this would make a great card. I am so sure that if you would have entered a larger version of this picture your score would have been a lot higher. Keep that in mind for your next entry.
A couple things that would really improve this. 1. Make it larger you can submit photos up to 640 pixels on one side. 2. If the flag pole were somehow straight up and down that would make it a stronger shot.
the green looks a little yellow, pull that out with selective color or hue/sat and you've got a much stronger photo. The tree cut off on the right side is distracting too. nice work! 7
try making yrouphoto a bit bigger... 640 px by 480 px is a good size, which enables all to see what is in the photo... this is an excellently done photo and i can see it beingused in a card very well 8