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bobukiah
bobukiah
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June 20, 2019
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Can anyone help with why this was rejected?

  • June 20, 2019
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Ricky336
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Ricky336Community Expert
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June 23, 2019

Hello, I think the white balance is a bit out. Perhaps a bit too yellow. The water has a yellowish cast to it. So, decrease the colour temp - take out some yellow and increase the tint just a wee bit. Also, contrast can be increased a bit. And decrease the highlights a bit. I doubt you'll need a model release for the canoers, I think they are too small to be a problem. I don't think they need to be lightened up, a silhouette form is fine - I think.

Eg.

Take out the logo on the boat as well. I don't think the trees are a problem either. The main issue I think is the white balance.

Changes are very subtle.

bobukiah
bobukiahAuthor
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June 24, 2019

Thank you very much - your comments are very helpful.  I'll give it a go and resubmit as I like the picture. 

    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 20, 2019

    You got a rejection reason and I suppose it is ip rights. There is (at least) one logo visible on one of the ships. Logos need to be photoshoped out!

    When posting here, please include the rejection reason. You do not need to post the whole text, the reason is OK. That makes guessworking less time consuming.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    bobukiah
    bobukiahAuthor
    Participant
    June 20, 2019

    Thanks for the reply.  The rejection reason was technical issues, so I don't think it was the logo.

    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 20, 2019

    bobukiah  wrote

    (...) so I don't think it was the logo.

    So that will be next!

    Saturation is a tick too much, contrast to less and the ramming people are problematic: too dark because of the water reflection. But if you lighten them up, they may be recognisable and you need a model release. I'm also not quite sure about the trees. They seam to be washed out, but as you did not post the original quality picture, I can't say if that is also present in the original file. And may be you also need a slight colour correction.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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