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Rejected due to "quality issues".

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December 15, 2025
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Rejected due to "quality issues". I don't understand why this good photo was rejected.

Correct answer ZALEZPHOTO

Adobe stock has thousands of photos with very shallow depth of field, so I don't think that's the reason for this rejection.

I think the composition is weak, too much of nothing taking away from this delicate flowers.

Consider slowing down... Don't be afraid to push getting too close, and look at your frame without rushing, as if you're thinking how it could be used. Yes, you will need to close your lens, but a tripod and 2 sec. shutter timer, you will.

If you're using Photoshop, use camera raw to improve your editing, and allow you to play with your cropping.

One of this days I will shoot a series of flowers, I've been thiking a lot how my photos will be unique and will make buyers want to buy them, never blinking or hesitating to how many already exist.

Cheers!

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

I think you could also work on your composition. The composition is weak and not very compelling; not in my view, anyhow!

I also think you could improve the white balance/colour temperature. It is rather on the blue/green side. Bring a bit more warmth to it.

This can give you something to think about.

White balance:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/white-balance.html

Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html

ZALEZPHOTOCorrect answer

Inspiring

Adobe stock has thousands of photos with very shallow depth of field, so I don't think that's the reason for this rejection.

I think the composition is weak, too much of nothing taking away from this delicate flowers.

Consider slowing down... Don't be afraid to push getting too close, and look at your frame without rushing, as if you're thinking how it could be used. Yes, you will need to close your lens, but a tripod and 2 sec. shutter timer, you will.

If you're using Photoshop, use camera raw to improve your editing, and allow you to play with your cropping.

One of this days I will shoot a series of flowers, I've been thiking a lot how my photos will be unique and will make buyers want to buy them, never blinking or hesitating to how many already exist.

Cheers!

ZALEZPHOTO

Susan Halewood

Inspiring

The depth of field is too shallow, none of the flowers are particularly sharp and the one at the bottom is completely out of focus. You also need to give more thought to compsition, the Stock database has millions of images of flowers and only those that really stand out will now be accepted, I suspect yours would be rejected as being too similar to content they already have even if it was perfectly sharp.

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Depth of field is too shallow. The flowers should be sharp throughout. In any event, there are over 74 million examples of flowers in the database; even if flower images are accepted (although they will often be rejected for similar content), the competition is extremely high and the chances of this image appearing in a search is all but nil.

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