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May 9, 2022
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Photos rejected for technical issues
- May 9, 2022
- 4 replies
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0430: I agree, that the "shadow/light" combination is not pleasant. The shadows are underexposed, the light areas are IMO correctly exposed. The picture is, however is not very sharp. The sharp point is on the wall, the stools are not sharp. The composition is unpleasant and as @Marianne-Deiters correctly noted tilts to the right. In addition, you have your signature in the picture.
0002: is really ill focussed. The fruits should be the focussing point. A first look into the histogram shows a picture that could get a boost of the shadows. At ISO400 there is some noise present that will get enhanced with correct exposure. The composition is OK, but could be better, however, you are missing material to the left:

4089: Is underexposed as shown in the histogram:

For an ISO3200 picture, you have applied correct noise reduction. I have, however, the impression, that some detail is missing. That may also be due to an unlucky focussing layer. At 1/20s you probably used a tripod for this and if you used one, you could have done better (higher f, lower ISO). I do not think that "Excelso Cafe de Columbia" is a trademark, but you still could get an IP refusal because of that, if you manage to correct and resubmit. Of the 4 pictures submitted here, this has the best chances to get through after correction.
4133: Don't transform pictures into black and white. The buyer can do that easily. The focus here is too narrow, and even then, I would not exactly say the thumb is in focus. The picture is underexposed, respectively could get a boost of the shadow area bringing more structure to the hair. If the hands and the phone would be mostly in focus, this would be a good picture. Again at ISO3200 there is very little noise, but I fear that your noise reduction also reduced some available detail.
The phone could or could not get an IP refusal, because of the iconic iPhone forms, but that's to test out with a technically correct picture.
As a general advice: do not submit 50 pictures in a row. Submit half a dozen, analyse the refusal, correct, eventually resubmit. With the time, you will learn to look at your pictures like a moderator and preemptively select and correct differently. It's not good for the morale to have 50 refusals in a row. Even today, I rarely submit more than half a dozen pictures in a row. 🙂
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