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May 9, 2025 2:55 PM UTC
Question

all photos rejected due to quality issues

in the last few weeks all the photos I sent are rejected for "quality problems".

It had never happened to me before, some photos were rejected but at most 10%, I would like to point out that I have more than 2000 photos in my dashboard.

I attach some example photos, I shoot with a Canon D70 and post produce with Adobe Lightroom.

Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

 

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Ricky336
Community Expert
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May 12, 2025 10:41 AM UTC

From a compositional point of view:

 

You have part of the aerial going out of the picture.

 

Secondly, mobile phone towers, which are now placed everywhere, have destroyed the view of a nice old bell tower.

The result of the 21st-century living!! (This obviously is not a 'quality issue, but a comment on today's state of affairs.)

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Jill_C
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May 9, 2025 3:43 PM UTC

These images would have been quickly accepted a few months ago. Now they are sent to the ash heap with an arbitrary push of the reject button. When my reject rate went from 5% to 40% over the last few months, I stopped uploading. 

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Jill C., Forum Volunteer
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May 12, 2025 8:14 AM UTC

Hi Jill_C.
I agree with you, until a few weeks ago 90% of my photos were accepted and in any case some of them have good sales performances, so they are not that bad.
now 100% are rejected.
maybe I will also start not uploading many more.

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yamato713108855
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May 9, 2025 3:33 PM UTC

If there's a sky, dust on the sensor will be more noticeable.
It will be more noticeable if you shoot with a narrower aperture.
Enlarge the image to 100% to check.

 

IMG_13375-2.jpg is out of focus.

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Participant
May 12, 2025 8:08 AM UTC

thanks for your feedback Jamato7.

Can you also find me some reason for refusal for the third photo I attached?

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yamato713108855
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May 12, 2025 8:26 AM UTC

The folks at AdobeStock have a good eye.
It took me a while to find this.
I see ghosting caused by strong light sources.

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daniellei4510
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May 9, 2025 3:15 PM UTC

I suppose the shadows could be opened up a bit in this one. In addition to assets being rejected as being too similar to other examples in the database, It seems we're seeing a lot of "I've never had this many rejections before" posts. I think Adobe has been doing everything they can--and finding every excuse they can--to keep submissions to a bare minimum. But this is in contrast to anecdotal evidence that contributors submitting 100 or more assets at a time are getting many of them accepted, at least in comparison. 

 

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Participant
May 9, 2025 3:28 PM UTC

thanks for the reply Daniellei4510.
I can understand increasing the rejections to improve the quality but I have been in the situation for weeks of having all the photos rejected. At most I send 10/20 photos a week and they are promptly not accepted for quality reasons.
it is really frustrating.

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daniellei4510
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May 9, 2025 3:35 PM UTC

Quality issues are rare for me. But I'm having the same issue with "too similar" rejections. For every asset accepted, anywhere from 2 to 4 are rejected for being too similar, despite arguably being unique.

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