Deviation in quality, well, I don’t know at all! :(

[Olmyntay]

Доброго времени дорогие друзья.
Конечно, мы уже спорили на эту тему!
Но, похоже, дело уже доходит до крайностей!
Хорошо, на этот раз я сделаю так, как вы хотите, вот непринятое изображение!
Какие у вас есть варианты?

 

[daniellei4510]

I suspect those are supposed to be branches or bare bushes on either side of the path, but most of them are indescript and should be removed.

[Olmyntay]

Transparent bushes? Seriously?

And here the same bushes were accepted because a moderator made a mistake?  
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Are the bushes transparent here too? or because there is a bright spot around the star? %))))

[daniellei4510]

Point out in my post where I said transparent. The branches are well defined in the image that was accepted. Not so in the image that was rejected. You don't have to fix the rejected image if you don't want to. I couldn't care less.

[Abambo]

I've tried @daniellei4510 's text in different translations. None speaks of transparency.

[Ricky336]

There is a misunderstanding I think. This can happen when translating one language to another.

[Nancy OShea]

Artificial Intelligence is infamous for poorly drawn details, especially in backgrounds.

If you look at this image at 105% magnification, you can see what I mean.

Also the heavy use of Purple is the first thing I noticed.  As a customer, I prefer a more neutral white balance.  It's easier for me to work with when my project calls for an opposite color scheme (yellows & greens).   Customers can easily add colors but it's hard to remove them once they are present.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.  I hope that helps.

[RALPH_L]

I see nothing wrong on the quality of the two images. At least I see no reason that one was accepted and one not. It may have been different reviewers. One reason may have been the paint brush effect. This could be argued to be a type of filter and Adobe states that filters are not wanted.