Man of Honour
What settings are you playing at in terms of DLSS etc? 3440x1440 here with DLSS Quality and DLSS sharpness at 0.40I swear your screenshots look sharper than my in game image quality on max settings.
Some will say photo mode enhances textures but in this game that isn't the case, path tracing in both modes and the textures remain the same, plus VRAM etc remains the same too so can't be loading higher/sharper assets in photo mode.