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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 9074" data-attributes="member: 1061">Forgot to add details...I agree with what the others have already said, and will go a bit further.  What you're lacking here is contrast.  You need to cover the entire tonal range, meaning the must be pure black and pure white within the image, and all the shades in between.  What you have now is kind of flat and gray.  You're trying to convey a sense of age and looming, perhaps even a little scary.  When you play in the safe middle, the image turns out kind of blah and boring.  Don't be afraid to get bold and really bring out those shadows and highlights.Crop out those tombstones in the foreground, they're taking away from your composition, as is the unwanted visitor.  You might even toy with adding a vignette to this to help frame it.</blockquote>