Received a refusal due to technical reasons. Winter landscape

[Olexandr22522449d3x6]

Hello community. Received a refusal due to technical reasons of a winter landscape with fog. Thanks everyone for the answer.

[RALPH_L · Accepted solution]

I think the focus is too soft.

[Olexandr22522449d3x6]

Is this soft focus? I thought that was pretty harsh.

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

I see a bit of chroma noise and chromatic aberration.

[Nancy OShea]

Fog in photography can be detrimental to image quality.  WHY?  Because light bounces off water particles and behaves in unpredictable ways causing overexposure, blur, diffusion and color distortion.  Great care must be taken to ensure good results.  And it's challenging even for professionals.  Using a wide angle lens is recommended. 

https://skylum.com/blog/fog-photography-ideas

Most seasoned photographers take photos in good atmospheric conditions and then selectively apply mist, fog, snow or rain in post-editing. This ensures better control over final picture quality.

[George_F · Accepted solution]

I'm with @RALPH_L on the sharpness.  There is also some chromatic aberrations on the left bottom side.  I wonder if the composition would be stronger if it were taken from the trail, instead of beside it?

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

As I expected, this image has a slight exposure problem, as seen on the histogram.

I would also add more local contrast and make the image a tick warmer.

I think that you applied a lot of sharpening in post-production, but that the initial image was soft. Especially the tree to the left, partially in the fog, should be sharper and expose less artefacts.

Fog images are indeed a bit tricky, but I really like the challenge.