A SIMILAR IMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED

I have also had most of my recent images rejected as "simliar". Most of the responses here imply that the rejection occurs because other images on Stock (from other contributors) are similar. But this is not what the rejection actually says. Mine says "Thanks for giving us the chance to consider your image. Unfortunately, during our review we found that it's similar to another image(s) you've already uploaded, so we can't accept it into our collection". This says that I have submitted similar inages previously, not that there are similar imnages in the overall Stock collection (which would be the case for almost everything!) In this case it is actually definitely wrong. For example there was one image of a lamb - I have never previously submitted (and had accepted) any animal except one of a bull (not very similar) so I just don't get it. One was an ICM shot of a bluebell wood - I have never submitted another ICM image or any bluebells or woodlands - there are a couple of flower images but not remotely similar to this one. Should I try to resubmit in due course?

Hi,

I would like to advise you not only to look for a different perspective of a building or flower or something similar and just want to photograph a similar object differently, which has already been done a few times, but rather to simply look for completely new objects. Pictures of flowers, palaces or castles, insects, etc. are certainly available from all stock agencies. If necessary, simply look for seasonal motifs and record them interpreted differently. Take, for example, the theme of the castle. Simply photographed from a castle tower down along the castle wall that e.g. the drawbridge or the moat can be seen in the picture Or with the insect a macro shot along the wing or the body or similar. The backgrounds, on the other hand, look quite monotonous, normal and uninteresting. Here, for example, a fly in the fur (which should of course be clearly recognizable) or a coffee machine in a field of flowers could be of interest to the advertising industry or something similar.
Sometimes thinking out of the Box (but always have the "Clients" in mind) helps.

Also from the technical perspective it may be better not to center the Objects (Castle, Insect) and for the Sparker Image its maybe a good start, but overall a bit dark and the white light from the side makes it hard to place it universally if the Image had to be light up from the other side or if it should be a bit lighter overall. Hope that helps a bit.

Did you compare your work with other Stock Inventory before you submitted?

Does Adobe Stock already have 20 million bugs, flowers and backgrounds? 

If yes, don't submit.  Find other subjects to submit that are less well-represented.

Hope that helps.

It's speculated that this includes not only your photos, but photos from the entire Adobe Stock database.  If you have only a single photo that looks close to this, then there may be photos from other contributors that appear very similar.  I anticipate this will happen more frequently with AI generated content, using the same algorithms is bound to produce the same content sooner or later.

Although I suspect it only happens occasionally, it is also possible the wrong reason for rejection was picked.

Hope that helps!