I had the same problem so I contacted the seller to complain and they replaced them.

I would suggest adding more light and shade in the trees and grasses to give it more depth. Maybe give more punch to the water lilly leaves by giving them a stronger shade of green and a deeper shade of pink for the foreground flowers which will give the painting even more depth.

I think that you have done a very good job of a difficult subject. However, the middle string of clouds on the left require more fluffyness on their tops. There should be some wispy swirls of mist in front of the dark mountain on the left. The top right corner of the sky should be lighter. The trees on the ridge line should be slightly larger. There should be a slightly darker tone to the lower half of the central bank of mist. The line of mist left of centre at 45% angle should have softer edges. I am only comparing between the painting and the photo so please do not let me dishearten you as it has the makings of a great painting. I often go back to my paintings and see things that I have missed or someone else will or they will like it just as it is.

What my eyes see, what my brain interpretates and what my heart feels about a scene are all different but somehow they come together in a painting to produce what I think it should look like according to me. That is the beauty of art in that we all interpretate the scene and apply the painting medium differently, otherwise art would become boring. Cameras are just an aid, their light meters cannot see the colour in shadow, their telephoto lenses distort perspective and wide angle lenses make mountains look far smaller than they are. Having said that what would I do in winter without a photograph to copy into a painting ?

I have been very impressed and inspired by your art.