Massive submission rejections

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
June 6, 2023
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Hi,

I'm a contributor for about 20 months now, have a 2800 pictures portfolio which sells reasonably well.

All my last pictures were rejected (a couple of hundreds at least) because of quality issues.

I am aware of most of the rules and understand that not everything is interesting or just not good enough.

But rejecting everything after so much work is a bit harsh.

Who could explain this a bit better? I didn't had that problem before. The camera I use is a Nikon Z6II with the 24-70 mm f 2.8 Nikon lens., that should not be the first concern

I allready sent Adobe this message twice, since no answer came, I try to get this clear here. Without a for me clear answer, I'm afraid that uploading new content has no sense anymore. Too bad, because income was growing steadily.

Best regards,

Wenrer.

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Dolores Harvey

Participant

I have been contributing for 5 years and in the last two months I have had 90% of my pictures rejected for quality issues. Trust me it is not you it's Adobe. I saw the same thing with Shutterstock before they converted to an AI approval process. It took them months to work the kinks out but I now get 95% of my pictures approved. I shoot with a Nikon Z9 and Nikkor lens. It's useless to send anything to Adobe Support because they don't support contributors. Their responses have been standard copy and past guidelines. They won't deal with specific issues. Sorry!

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Werner22361781mr90Author

Known Participant

Hi @Dolores Harvey , I'm affraid you're right. I checked these pictures. Although, they are no 'price winning assets', they are decent. And since too many were rejected it's or Monday Morning Stuff or ... AI.

Indeed, I had the same with Shutterstock which works fine now.

Thanks!

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Dolores Harvey

Participant

Don't give up! I slowed my processing on Adobe until they get their act together. It might take a couple of months.

Abambo

Community Expert

Most have a slight exposure problem. Some of them also have a white balance issue.

In addition:

First: out of focus look seem strange.

(you may have over sharpened!)

Your second:

The only one that I find to be correctly exposed, but it's not level. You have moiré in the plants at the water border.

Fourth: the tree prominently in view is over exposed.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Werner22361781mr90Author

Known Participant

Ok, thanks.

I still find it 'a bit' exaggerated to cancel about 270 entries.

This photo's have been uploaded on about 10 other sites without any major issues. And I did not had comparable problems in the past with Adobe. Delting so much in one time for the same reason looks more like a random descision then an in depth detail analysis. So , I would like to hear the opnion of the submission team too.