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Rejected due to quality issues

Forum|Forum|30 days ago
March 19, 2026
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Can someone explain what’s going on? Right now, 99.9% of my photos are being rejected.

I’m absolutely sure it’s not a quality issue, because photos from the same flight with identical exposure, contrast, and everything else are treated differently. One photo was accepted, while others were rejected, even though the only difference is that one is vertical and the other is taken from a slightly different horizontal angle.

I really don’t understand how the quality review process works.

richardpeterson

Participant

Same problem! My 10 photos are rejected because of “quality issues” after 20 years of making stock photos. Best equpment, ISO 100, Profoto lights, Canon R serie, all sharp and clear. What’s going on?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

@richardpeterson,

Please don’t hijack other people’s posts. That’s unfair to the original poster.

If you want feedback on work you submitted, kindly Create a Post from the main page.

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

Thank you.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

richardpeterson

Participant

Ok., sorry, I didn’t know that rule. I will delete those messages.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Noise reduction in high ISO images.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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ihar_droneAuthor

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local experts will say that all the photos are noisy anyway :D

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Only when they contain noise. 😏

We call it as we see it.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

RALPH_L

Community Expert

It is not your place to test us by asking which photos were accepted and which were rejected. You have been told what we see wrong. That does not mean that the Adobe reviewer sees the same issues. It also does not mean that every moderator votes the same.
Here one of your photos from below of the ship and harbor. The quality is bad when enlarged.
First look at the histogram. The photo is overexposed. with most of the pixels on the right and some pixels on the left have lost all details because they are underexposed. See the yellow indicator.

When viewed at 200% the quality is very poor. See the cutout below.

The photo color temperature is off causing a blue tint and yes, as you were told, there is chromatic aberration which can be seen in the sky.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Noise is an unforgivable sin. It renders the image unfit for commercial use.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

As an unpaid forum volunteer and product user, I don’t wish to play guessing games. My time is more valuable than that.

This forum is for serious Stock Contributors who want to learn how to improve their assets to make them commercially successful for sale on Adobe Stock.

Read your entire Contributor User Manual and follow the submission requirements. Make sure that you have full legal ownership rights to use whatever you’re selling.
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
Compare your best work with similar Stock inventory to see if yours is better & more unique than what other Contributors are selling.
Submit only your best work to Stock. Discard the ones with imperfections.
If rejected, post the asset here along with the reason for refusal.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jill_C

Community Expert

Examples please….

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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ihar_droneAuthor

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I've attached a photo below in replies

RALPH_L

Community Expert

How do you expect us to help without a photo to review? Please upload a rejected asset.

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ihar_droneAuthor

Known Participant

Let me show you a couple of photos, and you can tell me whether you’d accept them or not. Because from what I’ve seen on the forum, this seems to be a widespread problem right now. You can point out flaws in any photo like noise in some areas, incorrect white balance in others, and so on.

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Oh.N8

Hey @ihar_drone

What is the response you get from Adobe? They will tell you what the issue is:
- Quality
- Similar content

Infringement
Property Release and son

Cheers

Nate

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ihar_droneAuthor

Known Participant

Quality.

What’s even more amusing is that there are identical photos with identical settings one gets accepted, while the others are rejected for “quality.” And once again, I want to stress that the quality is absolutely identical. What’s even more confusing is that the photos with noticeably better quality are the ones being rejected for “quality.”