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January 5, 2023
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Looking to hear comments about the quality issues on my rejected images

  • January 5, 2023
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Hey guys! I'm a newcomer to this photography thing, so I'd like to hear from you some comments about the problems of my rejected images considering the design/photography quality standards. Thank you in advance.

 

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Adobe Stock assumes you already know good photographic technique.  Stock reviewers must evaluate thousands of assets each week.  They don't have time to give personal feedback to every contributor.  If they did, you would wait 4-6 months for a rejection.  ☹

 

Best advice, take some photography courses at a local school/college or online.  Join a photography club for feedback from felllow photographers.  Read everything you can about photographic lighting, depth-of-field, composition and editing.

 

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Abambo
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Community Expert
January 7, 2023

I just looked into brotacao.png: In addition to what has been said, it is underexposed as shown on the histogram:

Whites and highlights are missing.

 

I did not look into the other pictures; however, I suppose you did not submit PNG files. You should show us exactly the pictures as submitted. You also should retrain of adding plenty of images here. It should be generally enough to submit one to three pictures. Errors are often repeated, and you can apply a similar assessment to your other rejections. It's also good practice, as a newcomer, to submit your pictures in smaller batches and wait for the reaction. It will be more rewarding, knowing the refusals, reacting to the refusals and correcting pictures beforehand.

 

As you submit to stock and stock is a professional service, Adobe can assume that you are a professional. The moderation is not done to give you a critique of your photographic talent, but to protect customers from bad pictures. In that sense, it is a great deal, that Adobe even gives you some indication of the (first) error that the moderator saw.

 

Image moderation is time and cost intensive, any delay would make stock unprofitable and moderation would take months.

 

If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Participant
January 7, 2023

Thanks again for all your comments. 

I think I have enough advice to continue my learning and improve my future photos. Could a moderator please close this topic?

Ricky336
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2023

Hello,

As you are a newcomer to this photography thing, I would highly recommend spending some time going through the Adobe help user -guide. 

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html

 

Lots of important information. 😁

 

 

Participant
January 6, 2023

Thanks you all for your kindness in providing me a feedback on the images. I believe Adobe could provide reasons for rejecting photos, which would be helpful in improving.

George_F
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2023

I think this used to be the case, with Adobe providing some feedback with rejections.  But I think I remember reading that often they wouldn't get all of the reasons, and people would fix the technical issues listed only for their photos to still be rejected.

 

When Adobe rejects a photo, they only to spot one technical issue.  But here in the forums we try to spot all technical issues which I'm sure is a much longer process than would make sense for a business. 

 

Don't forget that we are expected to be proficient photographers already.  

 

Good luck on your photo quest!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
Participant
January 6, 2023

Thank you George!

RALPH_L
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2023

First of all, these should have been JPEG files and not PNG! The Adobe PNG files should have transparent backgrounds.

 

jacquelingphoto2017
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Community Expert
January 6, 2023

Hi @Fabio27816783q009 ,

EDX-spectrum.png is noisy, has blue color fringing with lines that are not smooth. The geometry is not good. Vertical lines are not vertical.

Brotacao.png has a white balance issue, noisy and too much negative space. Also, the subject is not completely in focus.

Mosca.png seem to have a white balance issue and poor cropping.

Broto.png subject is too small and not completely in focus.

Sunset12.png is underexposed and details are lost in the shadows.

Florvioleta3.png subject is small and out of focus. It is a bit underexposed.

Follow the details at this web page to inspect and correct the others that can be corrected.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

 

 

 

Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 5, 2023

EDX_spectrum.png - blurry, not well composed. What are you trying to illustrate here ?

brotacao.png - harsh lighting (flash?) abd shadows. Depth of field is too shallow, rendering most if the image out of focus.

 

mosca.png - watermark not permitted 

calcadao.png - not much in focus, color noise in the clouds

cactus.png - depth of field to shallow, chromatic aberration 

the protocol here in the forum is to upload 2-3 images for comment. Few people are going to take the time to comment in all 9.

zoom in to between 100-200% to inspect your images before uploading, and the technical issues should become readily apparent.

 

 

 

 

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Legend
January 6, 2023

EDX-Spectrum - may be from a computer screen. If so... you should not generally photograph a screen; you should take a screen shot in the usual way to get perfect geometry. But I'm not sure why anyone would license a screen shot (or photo) they could take themselves, unless it is of something rare or special. Note that if this is a screen shot from a particular piece of software you will also need an IP release from the rights owner. Ditto if it is the display of a device.