@Lydia TrashCløwn, good work but if a source image is small or lacking sharpness, it's best if it's cut in 180x180, instead of 250x250 😉

This image has also got a lot of snow

This thread contains guidelines for what we're looking for in our cuts in terms of dimensions, snow, collars, face orientation etc. and video tutorials for each element.

If you want to give it another go yourself, I would recommend using remove.bg, which is a free online tool which removes the background to an excellent standard, for free and almost instantly.

Here's a couple of videos on how to use it, one when combined with Photoshop and another using photopea.com, which is a free online app so close to Photoshop that it has the same shortcuts, layout and icons.

If you don't have Photoshop, photopea.com is the tool I would recommend to use to tweak the draft cut produced by remove.bg. It's more powerful and versatile than GIMP and other similar tools.

@mons  By snow, do you mean that bit of white border? I had a feeling my submission would get rejected as the source was difficult to work with

Yes.

Have a look at the thread and the various tutorials. It's something quite easy to spot and resolve, once you get to know what needs to be done 😉