I would like the pic if anything in this was in focus. The background is out of focus and there is nothing interesting in the foreground. The onlz saving feature in this pic is the color of the cloud, which I like. This picture cab become alive just by using a ND grad filter or better since it was allowed in this competition, use of layers with different exposures to pick out some details in the foreground. I think getting something in focus is the first thing the image should do.
Hi... Just a comment or two about your image. The colors are
very dramatic and make a bold statement however I think you might have done a little better if you minimized the ground. It is too intrusive I find and really has no value to the image. Because of the ground I find the overall composition a bit awkward. Mind your sharpening as well as the tree line is a bit out of focus and draws the eye there immediately.
I'm always reluctant to point out what I perceive as flaws... so hope you don't mind... :)
Seems way too blurry and indistinct (for my tastes anyway). The colours are dramatic but overall there are very few features to hold my interest so the image doesn't really work for me.