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May 19, 2023
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Hello,
I submitted around 50 pictures. All of them got rejected due to "quality issues". Some of those pictures got rejected pretty fast (I was thinking by a bot) and those are pictures where I can really understand the rejection. But after a couple of days, the rest of the pictures were rejected also (including this one). I can not really understand why and what kind of "quality" issues there are (with this example). I do not have the best gear nor the best skills for taking photos, but in my eyes a picture like that is pretty good and it should not get rejected.
I am thankful for any clarification .

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Correct answer Ricky336

Hello,

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it might be good in your eyes, in mine it isn't - nor in the histogram:

It is underexposed - photo is on the dark side, the photo could be sharper, but probably because of the type of camera and lens.

There are quite a few quality issues, so to get an understanding of what kinds of quality issues, have a good read of the following links:

User guide:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
Exposure:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/exposure-in-photography.html
Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html

Artists' hub:

https://stock.adobe.com/pages/artisthub/

Content rejection:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html

Histogram:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/how-to-read-a-histogram.html

And, flowers on Adobe are everywhere. This subject is as common as mud!

Strongly recommend trying a different subject - for ideas look at the artists' hub link!!

And the bots haven't taken over yet!

Abambo

Community Expert

Hello,
I submitted around 50 pictures. All of them got rejected due to "quality issues". Some of those pictures got rejected pretty fast (I was thinking by a bot) and those are pictures where I can really understand the rejection.

By @Alex29926597qqsj

There is no bot. They are all refused by people. But they refuse at the first error they see. So if I would be a moderator, the picture shown would be an easy one to refuse. Just for you to understand how that works:

Flower picture. There are plenty of flower pictures, so the submitted pictures can be rejected pretty fast,
if there is the slightest issue.
Framing: the flower touches the lower border. Refuse for quality issues. 1 second, maximum.
But for the exercise, let's assume it's a great framing: the background is unpleasantly too dark. Refuse for quality issues, 1 second, maximum. We don't even need the histogram.
But for the exercise, let's assume the background exposure is OK. You see a distracting highlight, catching the eye. Refuse for quality issues.

I could continue. At some point, I would check sharpness and contrast and noise and other issues. But as I refuse at the first error, I barely take a dive into the picture. Sorry to say, but the stock business is a fast one.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

OMG not another flower!! 😱

You're competing with 28 million perfect flowers in current inventory. Even if it's accepted at some point, you'll make next to zero sales from this so why bother?

In the absence of good "gear" and training, dare to be different. Use your imagination. Find subjects and situations that nobody else is doing.

Before you submit, compare your work with current Stock inventory.

How many others does Stock have?
Is your work as good or better than what Stock has?
Would you buy yours over what's available?
And if so, what would you use it for commercially?

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

J

jslsvg

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I have already written this in another post.

For a month or more there have been a series of inexplicable rejections. I have many batches in which 100% of the photographs are rejected (I've been a contributor for about 10 years and more than 10,000 accepted photos, so that's enough time to learn which photos are valid and which are not) and some that I have reuploaded are accepted.

It's exactly the same as what happened a few months ago at Shutterstock where they put an AI to review the photos and it rejected all of them, you uploaded it again, then a person reviewed them and they were accepted.

Although here they will tell you no (there are a number of people who answer very quickly with a copy/paste that either tell you that the white balance is wrong and that it has no commercial value, I suppose they are Adobe workers) it is not normal what is happening to go from an acceptance rate of approx 75% to 0%. I'll wait a while and upload them again.

Greetings
Jose Luis
P.S. My portfolio https://stock.adobe.com/es/contributor/205079068/josevgluis

https://stock.adobe.com/es/contributor/205079068/josevgluis

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

For a month or more there have been a series of inexplicable rejections....

I suppose they are Adobe workers.
By @jslsvg

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1. Check your equipment. Maybe your camera needs professional cleaning or replacement.

2. No. Adobe employees rarely come here. This is a user-to-user community. We are fellow users and unpaid forum volunteers with many years of experience. We can look at an image and tell you why it was probably rejected

3. Carefully read your Stock User Guide. It contains the latest information about what's required and how to get your artwork accepted. Pay particular attention to latest Generative AI requirements. NOTE: AI Illustrations are not photographs. They have a separate submission category.

4. Always compare your work with current Stock inventory. Your work should be as good or better than what Stock has. If it's not, fix it. If you can't fix it, don't submit it. That should reduce your rejection rate.

Stock Contributor User Guide:

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert