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April 25, 2025
Question

most of my photos are rejected

  • April 25, 2025
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Hello everyone. I have the same question why most of my photos are rejected and the reason is written that it is because of the quality, although all my photos are of high quality.. Can you tell me what the reason is?

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Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

2.jpg - not well composed, blownout background 

1.jpg - overexposed background. DOF too shallow 

9.jpg - underexposed, not in focus 

 

 

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Ricky336
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

I think your f-stop is too narrow - f/2.8 - therefore making the depth of field too narrow.

 

I also think in all of the photos you need to adjust the exposure to some degree - maybe adjusting the tone curve, using masking etc. The flower pics are a bit too dark.

RALPH_L
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

There are several things that need to be removed:

Also, details are lost in the highlights and your photos need to be sharpened.

Remember, there are millions of flowers in the database so yours must be perfect and stand out.

Here, for instance your first photo after editing. What do you think?

Participant
April 25, 2025

I wanted to make more depth of blur to add volume but in the end the edges were blurred...

daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

 

Watch the corners of your assets. This would be a compsosition issue.

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Participant
April 25, 2025

thanks, i understand

yamato713108855
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

The rest of the image is too dark.

Make the dark areas brighter.

 

1.jpg
The area in focus is too narrow.
Try taking a picture so that a wider area is in focus.

 

2.jpg
Enlarge the image to 100% and check that it's in focus.

 

 

Participant
April 25, 2025

Thanks for the advice

Participant
April 25, 2025

I’ve experienced the same thing. Until now, I still don’t understand the quality standards required by Adobe Stock. Most of the assets I submit always get rejected.