Hello, I am new to Adobe Stock. I had this photo rejected on the grounds that it was not in focus when blown up to 100%. But when I look at it at 100% "actual size" the bud of the flower and water droplets look fine to me. It has an intentional shallow depth of field but they can't be referring to that, can they? Are they looking for super-sharp images? Any help or information would be appreciated.
Hello,
I see that your f stop is 5.6 so this gives quite a shallow depth of field.
See here, it isn't sharp - you really need this bit to be sharp and in focus as well (especially for stock photos).
The bottom part of the flower also isn't very sharp.
The subject itself needs to be sharp!
You may have intentionally wanted a shallow depth of field, but I think it is too shallow in this case. You need to have the whole flower in focus, so that stands out from the background. Here, part of the flower merges with the background.
Compositionally wise as well, it is unbalanced. The flower bell on the edge of the frame makes it top heavy, so think about your cropping more. Give the flower some room.
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