Chapel in the shade at 4:30

I welcome all suggestions. I shot this image at 4:30 pm in the shade.

I used fill flash and hand-held all of the shots. None of the images seem

to be tack-sharp. Help... What should I have done?

 

Canon 10D

28-135

550 flash

f/5.6

1/60 sec

iso 200

Nice photo, good light on the people, maybe another light for the background...

Appears slightly underexposed.

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It struck me as I looked at the large size image that the horizontals were more blurred than the verticals. This being the case the out-of-focus problem is really a camera shake problem. Shooting this scene at ISO 400 and 1/125 sec would have helped, or using one of Canon's excellent IS lenses would be an even better solution. As to the image at hand, this very nice scene would be enhanced with a tighter crop and possibly going b&w, like so...

I would not crop this... Its a nice composition with the girl in pink...

I think the hand-holding is to blame. As suggested a faster shutter at 400 ISO or use a tripod. Personally since this is outdoors I would be trying to shoot it with a tripod, faster speed film (sensor), and less flash (the shadow is distracting) or use a flash bracket to keep the flash centered.