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August 6, 2017
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Rejected because of over or under Exposed- New Need Help Please!

  • August 6, 2017
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Hi. I am new to adobe stock. Could anyone help me as to why this image was rejected?

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Correct answer davescm

Hi

I am not involved in assessing entries but that image does look underexposed and is very over-saturated.

There is very little at the top end of the histogram

I would reprocess from the raw file doing the following :

Decrease the saturation

Rebalance the white balance (it is too blue/green at present)

Then adjust the exposure and highlights and lowlights both visually and key an eye on the histogram (our eyes adapt quickly the histogram does not)

Finally a straightening crop to put the buildings and telephone poles upright.

I hope that helps you

Dave

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Community Expert
August 6, 2017

Hi

I am not involved in assessing entries but that image does look underexposed and is very over-saturated.

There is very little at the top end of the histogram

I would reprocess from the raw file doing the following :

Decrease the saturation

Rebalance the white balance (it is too blue/green at present)

Then adjust the exposure and highlights and lowlights both visually and key an eye on the histogram (our eyes adapt quickly the histogram does not)

Finally a straightening crop to put the buildings and telephone poles upright.

I hope that helps you

Dave

Participant
August 6, 2017

Thanks for the help. I need to do more research on reading and understanding the histogram. I tried to do all that you said. but once again thanks for the suggestions.