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Captivating_parent2e07
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Aug 26, 2026 12:17 AM UTC
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I recently submitted a photo that I initially thought was great quality but it was rejected for quality issues. Does the photo have to be unedited in order to submit ?

what are the quality issues you all would identify ? 

    daniellei4510
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    Aug 26, 2026 12:25 AM UTC

    Photos DO need to be edited properly before submission when needed. This appears to require some desaturation and the highlights are overexposed. It might also be considered too tightly cropped. The red spots in the image below indicate overexposed areas.

     

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    Jill_C
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    Aug 26, 2026 2:16 AM UTC

    It seems that you haven’t read the photo guidelines on Adobe’s Learn & Support help pages. ALL photos require editing prior to submission. Buyers have the expectation that images are usable “as is” and that they won’t have to edit them to remove flaws.

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    jacquelingphoto2017
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    Aug 26, 2026 1:29 AM UTC

    Hi ​@Captivating_parent2e07 

    This photo is over-exposed and has noise grains.

    Details are lost in sections of the subject that could be an indication of too much saturation.

    Regards
    Jacquelin

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    Nancy OShea
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    Aug 26, 2026 1:16 AM UTC

    Oversaturation.

    Image clipping. 

    And yet another flower photo…🥱🥱🥱 

    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=flowers  76+ million flowers in inventory.

     

    I saw this posted on Blue Sky. This is a FLOWER I’d like to see more of. 🙂

     

     

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    daniellei4510
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    Aug 26, 2026 12:33 AM UTC

    This Histogram available in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

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    daniellei4510
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    daniellei4510Community ExpertCorrect answer
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    Aug 26, 2026 12:25 AM UTC

    Photos DO need to be edited properly before submission when needed. This appears to require some desaturation and the highlights are overexposed. It might also be considered too tightly cropped. The red spots in the image below indicate overexposed areas.

     

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    Captivating_parent2e07
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    Aug 26, 2026 12:32 AM UTC

    Thank you so much , I appreciate the feedback. I am still learning how to properly edit. How were you able to identify what was over exposed?

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    daniellei4510
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    Aug 26, 2026 12:37 AM UTC

    This is the Histogram and Vectorscope for your image. The arrows in the corners indicate over- and under exposure. The Vectorscope shows the reds are overblown in terms of saturation.

     

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