Rejected for technical reasons Why?

[Wandrdfull]

Looking for feedback on why image was rejected for technical reasons

[Abambo]

Your histogram is not equilibrated (blacks and whites are missing). The picture is out of focus (or your exposure time was to long) and the noise level is high.

[RALPH_L]

As Abamo said, noise and focus are the problem.

[jacquelingphoto2017 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Wandrdfull ,

In addition to being out of focus, and noisy, more luminance was needed in the dark shadowy areas to highlight more details/make it not so dark, and there is a double edge to the left of the subject. I assume you were not close enough for your flash to work, hence the need to add this in post-processing.

Best wishes

JG