Quality Issues

Forum|Forum|22 days ago
July 30, 2026
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I would love and really appreciate some feedback on why this wasn’t accepted :). I’m new to photography and could really use some tips for uploading

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

It’s too dark for commercial print process.

More importantly, this subject is extensively covered in Stock. This is what you’ll be competing with for views & sales:

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=beach 40.6 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sunset 33.6 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=beach+sunset 7.3 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=coastal+sunset 1.4 million results

If you want to make sales, find subjects that have less representation in the Stock collection. For more tips, read the 4-part section on Photography Requirements from your Contributor User Guide, starting here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-photos/photo-submission-overview.html

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

I would add that your composition could be improved:

Composition

Learn a bit about composition from the Adobe Creative Cloud help files.

JCymoneAuthor

Participant

Larger picture

daniellei4510

Community Expert

I think one of the main issues is the deep shadow on the sand. My mind wants to know where it’s coming from. I would expect hat area to be brown sand. It’s a bit underexposed as well. That said, there are over 33 million results when I perform a search for sunsets, so even if accepted, the chances of it being found and purchased are very small.

Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.

daniellei4510

Community Expert

You need to upload the full-sized image. We can’t tell you much if anything from the thumbnail. The upload limit is 5MB, so reduce your image 5MB or just below it..

Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.

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