I can't understand why this was rejected? Help!!

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April 3, 2023
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I uploaded this image to various sites and it was excepted, except Adobe Stock. Can someone please tell me why Adobe consistently reject my images. Im not in anyway a professional photographer and try really hard to improve my images. Maybe Adobe have higher standards?

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Correct answer jacquelingphoto2017

Hi @Ivan.Westbrook ,

It has a white balance issue. Too cool/blue tint. You can better see it when you zoom in. You need to see the rich red color.

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

You have a white balance issue. I think this is the main problem. The white background should be white. Currently, it has a blue tone to it.

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Ivan.WestbrookAuthor

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Thank you I really appreciate that. I can see now but at the time on Lightroom it looked ok. May be I need to calibrate my monitor.

jacquelingphoto2017

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Hi @Ivan.Westbrook ,

It has a white balance issue. Too cool/blue tint. You can better see it when you zoom in. You need to see the rich red color.

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Ivan.WestbrookAuthor

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Yes your right I set my white balance for overcast skies on my camera, and forgot to change it to K 5600 for my studio Godox pro flash heads, I think this may have been the problem.

Thank you.

jacquelingphoto2017

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You are welcome @Ivan.Westbrook .

Best wishes

Jacquelin

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glum person

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Hello! Nice idea. The main refusal reason is black tiny dirt spot under the heart on left side. Also may be "soapy", non natural look of vegetables. Look at them 100% and you`ll see. Also tomato stem is not in focus.

George_F

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I like this one! It has a lot of great things going for it.

I'm not sure if this is why it was rejected, but here are the slight issues I saw:

Placing the main subject off to the side with a 35mm focal length caused some of the veggies to appear a bit lopsided. I noticed this when zoomed in on the tomato the most. I don't think it's super noticeable but may be more so in a large print scenario.
I think the shadows are a bit harsh. I would re-arrange the lights to lessen them if possible.
I think the exposure could use to be increased by a 1/3rd or 1/2 stop.
Everything looks really fresh except the stem of the tomato.

Like I said, these were minor issues and I love the concept!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer

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Ivan.WestbrookAuthor

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Thank you for the great reply! I'm very grateful for the feedback and I am on a learning curve when it comes to Stock Images. My background is 35mm film but now I have changed to digital I have had to learn it all over again, especially software ha ha.