Help understanding why my images were rejected for quality

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Hi All. Any thoughts on why my images were rejected for quality? I know the one with the flower bed is soft in the foreground and background. The traffic lights are the focus. Could that have caused the whole batch to be rejected. Or are they underexposed? They are old photos shot as JPGS (I now shoot RAW) so I tried to go light with the processing. Just trying to understand Adobe’s standards as a new contributor. Thanks!

Nancy OShea

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Always compare your work with current Stock inventory to gauge how much competing content there is.

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=urban+landscape

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=skyscrapers

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=city+buildings

When there’s too much competition for views, there is much lower sales potential.

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mmokadaAuthor

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Thanks for the advice.

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Ricky336

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Hello,

You need to think about your composition. The photo with the traffic lights is messy. Too many distractions, and if the traffic lights are the subject - it does not come across! You have to be clear in what you want take. For stock photos, there has to be a clear subject and a message you want to convey. Remember, stock is for commercial purposes!

Adobe has high standards!

Read about composition from the Adobe help files:

COMPOSITION

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mmokadaAuthor

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Thanks for your input. I was on the fence about including the traffic lights photo and I agree the subject is not clear enough. Do you think that could have led to rejection of the whole batch? Or do you see other issues with them? Thanks again!

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Ricky336

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I think the photos that you have shown, all of them could be improved with composition.

Composition is extremely important. You could have the perfect exposure, focus, colour balance…, but if the composition is bad - it’s a bad photo!

When taking buildings, you have to think about the angles - vertical, horizontal lines, i.e. perspective.

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