Hi @iki Studio , I believe your biggest issues are depth of field (DOF) and focus. Because your DOF is so shallow on the images, very little is in sharp focus.

You can see in this shot of your image at 100% magnification is lacking any real sharp focus. I would also say that your choice of changing the sand colour to blue, while artistic, may also be another reason for rejection. Adobe Stock is looking for natural coloured images that their customers can modify to suit their projects.


The cacti photos don't have nearly enough of the image in focus. Even with the spikes that you do have in focus, they aren't focused in their entirety. I also see some colour fringing along the length of the spikes. In Kaktus3, there is a lot of artifacts / noise in the image as well (perhaps from over processing?)
Here are some resources that you may find helpful:
- Requirements for submission - https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.html
- Reasons for rejection - https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
- Technical issues - https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html
- Tutorials for contributors - https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Best of luck with your future submissions.
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