First time poster. Declined Photos. Any and all advise appreciated

Hello,

Looking through your pictures, one thing that stands out to me is your composition and exposure.

Your photos have to be compelling - and at the moment, they are not.

Another thing that is important regarding stock photography, is its commercial value. Yours again don't have any.

What do you want to show.? What concept are you trying to convey?

To start with read these guidelines from Adobe.

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

IMG_0445.jpg - very underexposed, possibly blurry too,  it too dark to know for sure

nature-170.jpg - digital noise and DOF is too shallow

nature-144.jpg - digital noise 

Stock photography isn't a place to learn the craft. It is expected that you already have the skills to capture and edit compelling, high-quality imagery.  Your images display a knack for composition, but you need to invest some time in learning the exposure triangle in order to capture images that will be acceptable to Adobe,

128 has overexposed areas: 

I did not dig deeper.

If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html