Your focus seems quite soft here. I think that I would prefer this to have a sharper focus throughout the photo. Especially since it's a 'sharp' subject. The rust does look good on the green grass. I wonder what would happen if you upped the saturation a slight bit? Definately a rusted subject and fits the challenge nicely. The bright white sky is a bit of a distraction, too bad you couldn't have caught some blue there. ~Heather~
The subject is there but I think the focus could be sharper and the distracting wires at top cropped out. The diagonal division of red and green was a good idea.
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
This seems to be a little out of focus. On some things a soft focus is nice, but it doesn't work on this. Machinery looks better with crisp, hard edges.
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 5
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 7
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 3
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating 5 Dick