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The house or the tree. I think you have too much lawn in the picture and the spidery pranches on the left are a distraction. Try a different perspective by getting closer and using a wide enough angle to fit the house to the frame. Use perspective adjustment to correct for tilt in post processing if necessary.
Malcolm
 
If you view the image at original, you can see that you focused on part of the house on the right, but you can also see that you don't have enough DOF to make the entire house in focus - use a tripod, and a higher f/stop to get it all in DOF.

Comp - agree with the other comments - what was the intended subject/focal point?

Lens/camera quality - we're sure they're just fine. 1D2 and 24-70 are excellent hardware.

image capture - looks overexposed to me - do you know how to use the histogram in real-time, for each shot, and compensate for blown highlights?

post processing - colors a little flat, could use some adjustments in some areas in RAW conversion, sat boost, etc.

Respectfully submitted - good luck with your hardware!
 
Thanks for the constructive feedback. I chose to include the tree in the photo just to make it different, less boring. I thought that the tree may have been slightly blurred at f 5.6, especially since I focused on the home, my error. As for post processing, I'm using DPP on an uncalibrated LCD screen. I haven't taken any classes on PhotoShop yet :-(

As for overexposure, I based the exposure upon gaining enough detail in the central shadowed portion of the house without making the sun-drenched roof completely white. I favored blowing out some detail in the roof shingles to gain detail in the shadows. Because the sky was so bright, instead of using the histogram to base brightness I chimped with highlight alert set ON.

I'm not sure why, but the photo looks more saturated in DPP than in PBase on the same monitor??? I processed it as best I could with my limited resources, but once I posted the photo in PBase I noticed the difference in saturation immediately.

Can anyone enlighten me as to why this occurred?

Thanks again!
 
I see someone has given you less than useful advice in Pbase. You can delete these comments.
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Thank goodness I'm better at some things than I am at photography.
http://www.pbase.com/goodwood
 
Thanks for the tip! I'm not sure if that comment was driven by jealousy that I have decent equipment or if he/she was just having a bad day.
 
Why did you chose this angle?

A house, like a person, has a face. Would you display a person in a quartering away shot?
 
I chose to shoot the photo at this angle because it allowed me to include the entire house. The grounds are speckled with large trees and the only alternative would have been to approach the home and tilt the camera causing distortion. I don't have any software to correct that issue, I'm pretty sure DPP doesn't offer that.
 
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