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poor quality of photos on stock

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
June 14, 2025
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Hello. My photos were not accepted due to quality issues. Can you tell me what's wrong with the photos? Maybe I adjusted the original photos too much and it turned out to be unrealistic? Or are they really of poor quality? Thank you.

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Correct answer jacquelingphoto2017

Hi @Juliett5555,

The first likely refused for being a black and white. Besides being a black and white, the shadows are too dark. It is better keeping your files in color for greater sales potential.

The second file has a halo around the subject, not sharp on the edges and noisy.

The third file has insufficient depth of field and has color fringing.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

jacquelingphoto2017

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Hi @Juliett5555,

The first likely refused for being a black and white. Besides being a black and white, the shadows are too dark. It is better keeping your files in color for greater sales potential.

The second file has a halo around the subject, not sharp on the edges and noisy.

The third file has insufficient depth of field and has color fringing.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

Ricky336

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Be careful of things like this:

Meaning you should remove the blur spot during post-processing.

Also, be careful of the reflection of the ducks in the water. The ducks are kind of lost due to the bright reflection of the water.

You could improve upon your composition!

Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html

Jill_C

Community Expert

6 - DOF is too shallow causing much of the image to be out of focus

12 - the ducks are not in sharp focus

14 - monochrome conversions aren't allowed

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

daniellei4510

Community Expert

There are a gazillion flowers in the database and you might want to look at your competition. There also appears to be a slight color cast.

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.

RALPH_L

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First of all, monochrome is hardly ever accepted.
All of your photos have exposure issues. Look atthe histogram on 6.jpg. You will see that everything is pushed to the left which means underexposed. Also, I think they need sharpening.

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