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April 1, 2025
Question

Ask about the reason of rejection

These are look good for me, can you guys tell me the reason of the rejection?

 

  

   

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Ricky336
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2025

Composition plays a big part, and even more so for stock photography!

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

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2025

Regarding the food shots, see my reply in a related discussion.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/stock-contributors-discussions/hi-can-anyone-tell-me-what-is-wrong-with-the-images-the-reason-for-rejection/m-p/15242733#M102014

 

It always helps to see what your competition is doing.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2025

Focusing problems on many of these. Depth-of-field is too shallow. Compositions could stand a good deal of improvement. Read up on such subjects as the rule of thirds as it pertains to composition.

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Adobe Community Expert | I have miles to go before I sleep, but I'm all done on this end.
Participant
April 1, 2025

Thanks! Now I know I shouldn't use wide aperture for stock photos...

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