You should take the date and time off the your camera settings. You also should have the photo slightly bigger. i can't see what it is you are taking a photo of. The photo is too cluttered as well.
I'm sure you're going to get blasted for the date stamp, so I won't say anything about it except...oops? Also, you need to bump up the size of your submittals. It is very dificult to see any detail.
I fear that the date stamp on this image will result in a DQ.
The image itself is rather dark, bland and lacking a central theme. I have looked at this image on a variety of monitors and still cannot decipher much, other than the leaves at the forefront. You might consider reading some of the various tutorials available.
I wish you well in your future endeavors... but this image I fear will not do all that well in this challenge.
this is probably an interesting picture however is a tad small for viewing properly. I am not much on giving out advice here but in this case I feel confident in saying that cloning out the time stamp would help your score. Good Luck.
The one time I saw red digits hovering in the air at the beach I was so ripped on LSD that I left and had dinner with Socrates at a Burger King on 22nd.
first of all - the image is too small to see any details. I can't even make out if this is a beach. Secondly - turn the date display off on your camera when shooting for challenges/contests - it really distract from the image.