Question

image quality issue

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
January 23, 2026
4 replies
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yoo, I'm an upcoming nature/food photographer. These images were not accepted because of quality issues. Can someone please help me understand the quality issue so I can correct it? THANKS FOR THE ADVICE.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I'm an upcoming nature/food photographer.
By @ericthygreat

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@ericthygreat,

Stock is a commercial assets business, not social media.

Consider enrolling in some photography courses to learn the fundamentals— lighting, composition, exposure, framing, focus and focal-distance. This user-to-user community can't teach you all that you will need to know about taking exceptional photos.

Food photography is an advanced sub-specialty that's not for everyone. You're competing with over 100 million food photos. With so much competing inventory, you'll really need to bring your "A" game.

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=food+photos

In the meantime, read your Contributor User Guide. Stock customers expect the highest visual and technical quality for use in commercial projects.

Good luck.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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ericthygreatAuthor

Thank you so much for the different perspective; that will help me change my approach.

RALPH_L

Community Expert

They are too small to review correctly but, I see that the leaf is poorly cropped and the bottom photo is not focused.

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ericthygreatAuthor

I feel like I know photography is more than just pressing a button....... btw. So that comment wasn't needed lol. But thanks for the feedback for the leaf image that's poorly cropped. Like, what makes it poor? And for the second photo, should the entire photo be in focus and not just the middle part?