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  • July 25, 2025
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Hello! I'm a new autor. My photos were declined. I'll be glad if some professionals write me just main concretly problem of every this photo, like: "it's a exposure issues", "soft focus", "excessive filtering", "artifacts/noise". Respect and best regards. 

Correct answer Jill_C

The blurred faces are poorly done; if you can't get model releases for the people in your images, don't submit them. Optionally, you can use Photoshop to remove the people.

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 3, 2026

See screenshot from your Contributor User Guide below.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html

 

 

Although assets may contain multiple reasons for refusal, Stock Reviewers are not allowed to check more than one box per submission. Thus, your evaluation ends at problem #1.  Keep that in mind if you decide to resubmit later under a new filename. 

 

Reasons for content rejection: 

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

 

The best advice I have for new contributors is to compare your best work with current Stock inventory before deciding if you should submit it.  Put yourself in the customer’s shoes.

  • Is yours better than what Stock is selling? 
  • Would you buy it?
  • What would you use it for commercially?  

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Pocket+Pics
Participant
June 3, 2026

So what you are saying is that we should upload one photo at a time so that they don’t pick out what they want to correct?

 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2025

IMGh_tech_07mp_20220811

 

It's overexposed, as shown by the histogram.

In addition it's unsharp (focus or camera shake), it's noisy and shows generally a pixel structure that is typical for smal sensor cameras (like in phones).

 

A different issue, that is also visible on your streets pictures: you have ip violations spread over the whole picture. Here it is the Siemens brand name and logo.

 

(As an electrical engineer, I can say that the cabling is a mess. I've rarely seen such a bad execution. 🧐. But that is part of my other competence, and has nothing to do with Adobe stock. For stock, it would be a 'good" picture, if correctly executed.)

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
RALPH_L
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2025

Photo IMGh_places_Antalya_19,9mp_20250714-2.jpg: The photo is overexposed and there are no blacks. See the histogram.

The pixels are piled up on the right and are missing on the left.
Also the blurry objects in the water (spots) and blurry birds must be removed.
The logo and name on the sign must be removed.

daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2025

Your compositions are generally interesting but most of your images are overexposed and have issues with haze. These can be corrected to some degree but would need considerable editing in Photoshop or another graphics program.

 

Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
Participating Frequently
July 25, 2025

Really, I thought so about this picture ) That the sidewalk is too bright, the details doesn't not seen

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 26, 2025

In addition: you have mirrored the asset, you see it in the writings… Not that is matters, as you would need to edit that out anyhow, to avoid an IP refusal:

And you would need a model release for those two persons here:

 

 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Jill_C
Community Expert
Jill_CCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 25, 2025

The blurred faces are poorly done; if you can't get model releases for the people in your images, don't submit them. Optionally, you can use Photoshop to remove the people.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Participating Frequently
July 25, 2025

Thanks. But the blurred faces there are on the only one photo.. 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2025

When you post many pictures, we generally pick only one or two to check. That's because checking assets and pointing out the error takes time. Even if not all errors are the same, you should limit yourself to up to three iconic refusals. You'll get an extensive critique, and most probably, you can apply that to other refusals.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer