Okay, I'm a glutton for punishment, here is a couple I had rejected, chop away at them

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March 31, 2021
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Seem pretty picky from a company that keeps the dollars and sends you the pennies. I seem to have not problem selling these in the real world, perhaps it's an omen telling me to leave stock photography alone?

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Nancy OShea

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Seem pretty picky from a company that keeps the dollars and sends you the pennies.

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@defaultze8m4iof7sw1,

I suppose you're right. Adobe Stock customers come here expecting perfection. Imagine that! And when they don't find it here, they go elsewhere. It's basic supply & demand.

Stock photography is no profession for thin-skinned personalities who can't take criticism. There's way too much competition from talented contributors who accept critiques graciously and learn from their mistakes. All of which makes them better stock photographers. You can't compete with that so just cut your losses now and find other interests. Hopefully you'll land on something that fulfills you and makes you feel truly happy.

Goodbye & best of luck!

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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defaultze8m4iof7sw1Author

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Thank you for you time and effort. Honestly, I expected many more "sour grapes" comments than I recieved. These images were taken with a Sony Cybershot 5.0MP, no cropping, and very little post adjusting.

I've thought about it a lot, and decided you are wanting apples, and I am trying to give oranges. I shoot mostly rural landscape, I am worried more about subject matter, and composition than what it looks under a magifying glass. My photos have been printed at 11X17 and display on my monitor quite often, and look quite well to my inexperience eyes (I've only been taking photos since 1975). Anyway, thanks to all for being civil. Perhaps I'll try again later?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

For what it's worth, I used to have a Sony Cyber-Shot 5.0 MP and I loved it. Back in the day, it was a great little camera for the price. But 5 MP doesn't cut it anymore. iPhone and iPad have 12 MP. Entry level DSLRs have 16 - 24 MP.

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-entry-level-dslr-camera

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

jacquelingphoto2017

Community Expert

Hi @defaultze8m4iof7sw1 ,

As said both images are grainy. They are also under exposed. The first seem to be too saturated. Your images should be as close to natural as possible. The customer will do the rest.

The second is a bit shallow. It is harder to crop the soft edge. See soft edge below.

The good thing about Adobe being picky is it helps you to increase in knowledge. You need to examine your images at between 100 and 200% for flaws before uploading. There are flaws you will be able to identify that inexperienced people wont be able to. I walk in a bank once and saw a huge picture that I considered poor quality picture. I believe they were happy with it because a cleanup image was not available to compare it with. Your image will be place beside high quality images. Yours will not get sold if it does not match-up with at least the average.

Best wishes

JG

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menschmaschine69

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Both images show a strong noise in the 100% view.I think the image quality is not good enough. It looks like these are image crops?

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defaultze8m4iof7sw1Author

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Really? I just don't see it, must be your highy trained eyes? Maybe if I spent some money on Adobe's website my images would somehow become better? No they have not been cropped, nor heavly edited. I had my doubts about this site, now I don't, I'm pulling my photos, and will be looking for a serious photography site.