How does DOF affect adobe stock selection?

Hi @cosplaywithfear ,

There is too much black negative space. If you want to isolate a section of a subject you simply zoom in on the section you want to isolate. The frame is under exposed and is not well focused. The entire subject must be properly focused. You adjust f-stop to have that done. Once your subject stands out and well focused the reviewer have no concern with you depth of field. In your case it is not a depth of field issue. It is your composition and focus.

Out of focus

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author

I've found several images have been rejected for technical issues. Exposure etc are all fine, (...)

By @cosplaywithfear

Exposure is not fine on this picture. It's underexposed. You need to look at the histogram. In addition to that, it is not well composed. As a bit of free space is welcome, yours is too much and ill placed.

If you are doing DOF, do it correctly. Having only a bit of the leave in focus is not enough. I've submitted quite some pictures with a limited DOF and those refused got refused correctly (most of the time).

I agree with most of the comments here, and well, I agree with the moderator's decision.

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Hello @cosplaywithfear , the displayed leaves are definitely not focused and you must work on your post processing. You blackenend out most of the underlying leaves but not all of them. 

I don't think DOF is a reason in itself. The composition has to be good with the subject isolated from the background in a good way. Here it isn't good; it is also not that well focused in general.

The image quality here is not high.

I suggest you look at what other Adobe Stock contributors are doing in the same category before you submit another one.  It may help you better understand what Adobe Stock accepts.  Image quality needs to be very high. 

Holly Leaf

I agree that the Moderators do not seem to value or find acceptable very shallow DOF; in this case, I don't think that's the only issue with the image, however. It's not well composed, with some odd bits of light and debris scattered in the background, the primary leaf fully in focus, and not well isolated (there's another leaf just behind it competing for attention), and blown-out highlights on the leaves, which aren't that attractive to begin with since they are dirty and blotchy.