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Can anyone please help me with these two photos? They were rejected becasue of quality issues

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
January 9, 2026
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Hi everybody. I uploaded these two photos but they were rejected due to quality problems. Given that no real information was provided about the problems, I am looking for advise from more experienced people. Could anyone help me? Thanks!!!

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Atmospheric conditions from snow and scattered light can be very challenging to overcome, even for expert photographers.

Generally, it's best to shoot on clear days when the sun is overhead or slightly behind your shoulder.

Pointing your camera directly at the sun should be avoided. It can damage your camera's sensitive light sensor.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

Please be aware that the viewer is broken and the files cannot be viewed! It has been broken for a while now.

It would be better to upload the attachment in the post itself using the picture icon.

Otherwise, it means downloading the file in order to be able to see it.

Not everyone wants to download the file.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Don't download untrusted files!

The forum's viewer is broken and won't be fixed before the new forum is launched.

Adobe employee & manager, Jeffrey A. Wright, advises against downloading unscanned file attachments while this forum's viewer is broken. He recommends that we use the Picture icon to embed images from the toolbar.

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Jill_C

Community Expert

IMG_1674 - chroma noise in the sky and the large blownout spot would have been reason for rejection.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

ZALEZPHOTO

Inspiring

The good news is that both shots pass the composition requirements.

And both are on the dark side. I imagine you are shooting raw (you should) and if your using Adobe Photoshop,

are you using Camera Raw? (you should too) You can work with selectively on making your images brighter, and will be very happy with the results. I also see a bit of softness on the snow image, it's boderline acceptable, try the sharpenning tool also in Camera Raw, and

it is possible you can salvage it.

Don't be discourage, you definitely have a great eye that needs nurturing, and the best way to do that is by shooting more and more.

Cheers!

Take a look at what I did and compare to your shots. ( do it on your raw files)

ZALEZPHOTO

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Exposure on this one. And mostly likely some quality degradation from the sun entering the lens.

IMG_1674.jpg

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