Barn with the Red door

Catherine, I love old barns as a subject, but this image seems to be entirely out of focus. I cannot determine why as I am unfamiliar with the camera that you used. Perhaps this is a large crop??? I would suggest returning to the barn with any new knowledge you have learned from NPN and hopefully you will get a much improved image.

Please consider increasing the comments you make on images posted by others. The NPN guidelines recommend 5 comments for every post that you make. You will learn a lot from making comments and then there will be enough comments to go around to everyone.

I think it's a good subject and the composition is largely fine, those trees at the edge of the frame clutter the scene for me. The blown out white sky is not too appealing and the softness of the image has been mentioned. I think another go when the light is cooperating would be worthwhile.

Looks like you took it from a moving car with a shutter speed slow enough to cause motion blur. As mentioned, the sky is way overexposed. One of the first fundamentals is not blowing out the sky. Learn to use the exposure compensation on your camera. Since it sounds like it is near where you live, keep shooting it until you get it perfect. It's a good homework assignment because it doesn't move and change like sunsets and animals.