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outonalymm
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August 8, 2022
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Misty Morning - Rejected

  • August 8, 2022
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I have recently become a contributor to Adobe Stock and one of my landscape images has been rejected for 'Quality' reasons.  It is a large file, pretty well composed, taken at base ISO (so no noise) and accurately focussed but has a 'soft' feel as you might expect having been taken in the mist - which was entirely the point. Small file version below.

 

Has anyone else had this issue or have I just missed the point? 

 

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Ricky336
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Ricky336Community Expert
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August 9, 2022

Hello,

Another problem with this photo, apart from being overexposed, is that it is washed out; there is no contrast and no blacks. It wouldn't print out very well at all. (For commercial use.) To me, it looks like you have used the 'Dehaze' filter in Lightroom and added too much 'hazing' to give the soft feel you wanted. The result is as you see - a rather flat washed-out image.

 

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    outonalymmAuthor
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    August 16, 2022

    No Dehaze used at all.  The scene itself was 'washed out' because of the mist which is what I was trying to capture.  I do get that because of that it might not be commercially viable.  And it is most definitely not overexposed - there is no clipping whatsoever on the original but I would agree that the histogram is well to the right which is what is to be expected in heavy mist.

    Ricky336
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    Ricky336Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 16, 2022

    And the histogram shouldn't be heavily  on the right. The result is as you have got. Even in colour printing from a negative the exposure would be corrected. This idea being straight from the camera is a misguided approach. All photos need some post processing. If a photo is saved as a JPEG, the camera itself does the necessary post processing.

    As a photograph this is washed out, therefore it won't make a good print and rather not a desirable photo.

    However my view point is from a photographic point of view!

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 8, 2022

      Fog & mist contains water droplets that causes light photons to scatter in unpredictable ways.  The result is uneven exposure with loss of colors, shadows and details.  If printed commercially, this photo would be mostly white.

       

      More often than not, fog is created in post-editing where it can be controlled.  There are hundreds of fog & smoke brushes available for Photoshop just for this purpose.

      https://www.photoshopsupply.com/brushes/fog-photoshop-brushes

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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        outonalymmAuthor
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        August 16, 2022

        Thanks Nancy.  Just to be clear, no fog brushed used on this image.  It was all there in reality.

        Nancy OShea
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        Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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        August 16, 2022

        My point exactly.  You can't control fog in the wild. 

         

        It's best to shoot image on a well-lit sunny day.  And then apply fog selectively in post, if that's the desired effect.

         

        Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
        Abambo
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        AbamboCommunity Expert
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        August 8, 2022

        You have missed the point… 😉 Your picture is overexposed as you can check with the histogram:

        If you want a correct analysis of the picture, you need to post a full resolution picture, as artefacts, noise, and sharpness are really only to check at the original resolution.

         

        If you correct the overexposure, you can try resubmitting.

         

        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
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          outonalymmAuthor
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          August 16, 2022

          It's true that the histogram is well to the right but the image is not overexposed and there is no clipping.  With heavy mist the histogram is what should be expected.  And another Community Professional has said that it's been rejected because it's not commercially viable (which I sort of understand).

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          August 8, 2022

          As you may know, Adobe examine at 100-200%. Reduced files aren't much good for us to help you spot much beyond issues with composition or colour balance. Please post original file. 

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