Need technical critique for rejected photo please (my first photo ever :) )

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January 4, 2022
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Hello,

I posted my first photo and got rejection for technical reasons.

I will be happy to receive a detailed critique, please.

Thank you!

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Correct answer Ricky336

Hello,

Photo maybe fine on social media for sharing, but not really for commercial use in my opinion. Also, what could this be actually used for?

You have slopping verticals and the quality is not so good when zoomed in. Remember, this could be enlarged and so when enlarged you begin to see JPEG compression - artifacts.

Have a read of this from Adobe about how to create better photos:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html?set=stock--fundamentals--adobe-stock-contributor

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PastelHopeAuthor

Participant

Thank you everyone your helpful comments and resources. I will revise accordingly!

Abambo

Community Expert

Major problems in this picture: Washed out details and focussing problems, artefacts probably due to in-camera sharpening.

The screenshot shows the image at 200%. The EXIF shows an exposure of one second, which is enormous for a phone picture. I suppose you had a tripod to shoot that picture.

In addition, you should apply a geometry correction.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Ricky336

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hello,

Photo maybe fine on social media for sharing, but not really for commercial use in my opinion. Also, what could this be actually used for?

You have slopping verticals and the quality is not so good when zoomed in. Remember, this could be enlarged and so when enlarged you begin to see JPEG compression - artifacts.

Have a read of this from Adobe about how to create better photos:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html?set=stock--fundamentals--adobe-stock-contributor

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PastelHopeAuthor

Participant

Thank you for the detailed feedback and resource! Very helpful!

Can you elaborate more please on your comment on the usefulness of the the photo?

You question the usefulness from the technical aspect, composition aspect, or content aspect?

Thanks!

Ricky336

Community Expert

Adobe is a commercial stock selling platform, so the assets have to be able to be used in a commercial sense - promotion, creating a concept etc. Don't say this could be used for a travel magazine or blog - there are 100s of such images in the stock data base:

Mosque minaret stock photos, royalty-free images, vectors, video (adobe.com)

The composition has to be improved as well.