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July 26, 2026
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Rejected By Adobe Stock for "quality issues"?

  • July 26, 2026
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This is a selection of photos rejected. all are minimal edits of naturally occurring phenomena, and I believe it is due to AI not understanding what Cloud Iridescence and Circumhorizontal arcs are, not a quality problem. (note these are downsampled, alternate vsns of the same .NEF edits of 3/24 submitted)

 

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

You posted this in the Stock buyer’s forum in error.  Please repost your seller questions in the Stock Contributor forum below. 

https://community.adobe.com/questions-38

 

In the meantime, compare your work with competing inventory. As you can see, these keywords are generously represented in Stock. 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=clouds = 52 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sky = 97 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sun = 37 million results

 

There may be multiple reasons for refusal, but Reveiwers can only check one refusal box per submission. The review session ends at problem #1.

Common Reasons for Refusal:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/content-moderation/common-reasons-content-refusal.html

 

Hope that helps.

 

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yamato713108855
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 29, 2026

What reasons were given for the rejection?

Just because a natural phenomenon is rare does not necessarily mean it has commercial value.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 28, 2026

You posted this in the Stock buyer’s forum in error.  Please repost your seller questions in the Stock Contributor forum below. 

https://community.adobe.com/questions-38

 

In the meantime, compare your work with competing inventory. As you can see, these keywords are generously represented in Stock. 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=clouds = 52 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sky = 97 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sun = 37 million results

 

There may be multiple reasons for refusal, but Reveiwers can only check one refusal box per submission. The review session ends at problem #1.

Common Reasons for Refusal:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/content-moderation/common-reasons-content-refusal.html

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert