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40 Rejected Photos - What were the quality issues?

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40 of my nature photos were rejected and I have no idea why. It said quality issues but how do I tell prior to submission if they are high enough quality so I don't waste several hours editing, uploading, naming and key wording just to have only 3 photos accepted? I've attached a few rejected though I had to download them as a smaller file sizes to upload. I have a Sony a7iii and a sigma 24 - 70mm. Is that a good enough camera? I submitted some from when I tried my friend's Canon EOS R and around 9 out of 13 of those went through. Any help would be appreciated. I am new to this. Thanks!

Ricky336Correct answer

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Hello,

Focus:

Most of your photos have a too shallow depth of field. Composition could also be better.

RALPH_L

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Depth of field is too shallow, some are not focused, some have underexposed shadows, some the horizon is not level and the boat needs an IP release due to the license number.

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Juall

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I agree, it’s becoming a waste of time to upload photos, find a proper name, use all the keywords and 99% are rejected with no explanation. Surely if we were all professional photographers who make 0 mistakes like some of the comments I see here, we wouldn’t upload our photos here to make $0.55...

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bodywise02

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Agree. I see more and more of my images being rejected. You really don’t know why. They are all highest quality. And then from my stock of about 600 images on line the payout is most often about $1.00. Rarely as high as $4.00

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Nancy OShea

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40 of my nature photos were rejected and I have no idea why.

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Stock assumes that contributors can create, edit & curate their content for commercial use.

Enroll in some photography courses & join a photography club to gain some practical camera, lighting and editing experience. We can’t teach that in this user-to-user forum.
Compare your best work with current Stock inventory to see if Stock needs what you’re selling.
To be accepted, your visual & technical quality should be as good or better than what Stock has. It should also offer buyers something unique.

Read through your Contributor User Guide to better understand what’s required. Start with the 4-part photography section below.

Hope that helps.

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bodywise02

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Actually not true. If you look at an entire series of stock images on line a huge number are just bland and boring. Maybe “perfect” quality but subject wise just boring. The real secret is how to successfully SEO title and keyword your submissions.

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daniellei4510

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Focusing issues throughout, and too tightly cropped in many cases. Leave some breathing room so that a buyer can crop as needed or add copy. Also, there are nearly 79 million flower images on Adobe Stock, so the competition is stiff.

For this image in particular, it is underexposed, the shadows need to be opened, and the water line is slanted.

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yamato713108855

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On Adobe Stock, photos with a wide area in focus are more likely to be approved.

Please ensure the white balance is correctly adjusted.

Photos that show the entire subject are generally better than those where parts are cropped out.

Images containing text or logos will be rejected due to intellectual property issues.
Please edit them out using software like Photoshop before submitting.

Some photos appear underexposed.

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