First image :(

this is my first photo ive taken on my T2i. Its just a random log on the beach side..i know it sucks i just want to know what i did wrong and what I can change

I see a lot of vignetting. Did you use a hood that's too narrow for your lens? Or maybe a filter with a thick ring on a wide angle lens?

yeah it's a bit dark too...

Aside from above comments, Im not sure what the subject really is here. There's not much that is in critical focus, so my eyes just wander right out of the frame.

That looks like a post-crop vignette. With a lot of beginners it seems that post-crop vignettes are a formula for success, but they aren't. However I could be wrong, but that's the main thing taking away from this shot.

I'm not really sure what to look at. My eyes don't have a resting place in this photo.

What did you use before the T2i? It's obvious that you've had some experience with photo editing, hence the photo info in the lower left corner and the use of Photoshop CS4. Nice placement and font, btw. Also, the filename is IMG_7053-1copy.jpg which implies you have either started using a memory card from another camera or this isn't quite your first photo with your T2i (which I'm sure isn't the case).

My suggestion would be that since this is your first photo with your T2i, you should spend some up-close-and-personal time with your new Rebel and its instruction manual, and look for some critique after you've got a few (as in maybe a thousand) shutter actuations on it. That's assuming of course that the implied 7052 prior images, based on your photo's ID, came from another camera. Just saying.

Hehe.

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Perhaps second hand camera?

Sure, that's a possibility.

Noo i didnt mean as in first picture taken ever on the camera, that was my mistake. i meant first photo that i thought i saw potential in and got a feel that it could be a nice picture. my mistake

And the vignetting also was my fault I edited that in and now looking at it it is some what too much, if anything even unnecessary. Thanks guys

Okay, now that makes sense.

On the good side, it's technically a decent composition. You have items in the foreground in focus, specifically the bright edge of the wood along the bottom horizontal one third line. The focus is quite good. The diagonal is good, and draws your eyes along the wood, past the rope.

Where could you improve?

The image is dark overall, and the vignetting accentuates that. You might reprocess the image from scratch, assuming you did this from RAW. One thing you should do is brighten the image. You could do this with levels, or simply raise the overall exposure. I'd guess you're one exposure level down. Vignetting is your choice, but it doesn't work yet. With a brighter image, it might.

Another thing you might do is make sure you don't oversaturate the image. It seems as if you've brought the saturation levels a bit high. You might want to increase the saturation, but don't do that until you get the exposure level higher.

On the artistic side, one thing you might do is look for things you'd like to photograph where you'd want to see it framed on your wall. If it seems uninteresting to you, then you might look instead that things that are interesting to you. That said, this photo may be more interesting after you clean it.

In closing, sorry if I came off as being a bit harsh. I misinterpreted your post based on what I saw. So, now that what you've posted makes more sense, ...

Welcome to the forum!

Hope this helps!