I love the dramatic feel and the stark contrast between the dark sky & surroundings with the bright green grass. The lines of the handrails lead the eye to the grass, as does the fact that it is more colorful and has light cast on it as if from heaven.
The only thing suggestion I have is that the bright patch on the left side of the sky looks like it should be brighter. It appears blown out and void of detail, but it is slightly gray, so it looks a little fake when I look at it. Not a huge issue, but just the only thing I find wrong with the image. :)
Use of Light:1
Focus:1
Composition:1
Creativity:1
Achieves Challenge:2
Nice effort. Your use of HDR brings out the details in the foreground and trees and helps balance the image. The colors of the grass are a tad too intense for my liking.
Nice colors hare. Too bad the sky didn't provide more interesting cloud formations for you. I would have also liked a stronger point of interest to draw the eye. 8
I think you should have held back just a little on your HDR conversion here - it's still nice, but I would have rated it a little higher if it wasn't overdone like this.