Realistic vs. Artistic Photos and Images

Try something different........................
Often, the advice has been given, to edit your assets as little as possible and to submit assets that reflect realistic environments. That Adobe is not interested in artistic submissions.

I have a different view of this.
As many have commented here in this forum, Adobe has hundreds of partners that sell our assets. Most of these are companies that sell prints in form from posters and wall murals. What do you think their customers are looking for to hang up in their living room? I assume they want something artistic.
At least half of my total sold assets are assets that have an artistic touch. This is one way to reduce the competition.
Here an example of one asset that has been sold many times.

Adobe accepts heavily altered images but, the editing has to be good and without noticable retouching.
Give it a try.