Rejected photos

The picture is slightly under exposed:

There is a lack of contrast.

There is moiré on the t-shirt:

And on the arms, I think there has been a tattoo that got edited out.

The framing is not the best. Headless people don't fit well in the database. If you had concentrated on the hands and the bulb, that would have been better, if you want to avoid showing the person. The shadows are harsh.

The Peugeot and Total logo will trigger an IP refusal:

To your other question: The refusal reason is courtesy of Adobe. If you look into your contributor agreement, they could refuse without giving a reason. The vetting process is more to protect Adobe and the potential buyer from bad or illegal pictures than to give to you an exhausted indication of what is wrong with your picture. Indeed, moderators refuse on the first error they experience. As you got "Technical Issues", that can be any of my points or those of my colleagues, except for the IP reason. You will never know which one led to the refusal, but you need to address all of them, before getting this accepted. And then still, there may be, that Adobe thinks that this picture as such is not a great addition, so they still could refuse it for "commercial appeal".

Hi @alejandrom6594753 ,

The photo is quite sharp and looking good except the first thing that brought me concern is the ashy appearance of the photo. In my opinion it could be a little warmer. However, that might not be the main reason for rejection. Look at the shirt. There are colored oval lines more like wood grain or fingerprint on the shirt. That might be the main reason for rejection. 

In my opinion the shadow is good. Details are still visible in the shadows. The the shadow is in line with the brilliance of the light.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

Hello,

I think the shadow also is the main reason. I can't pick out everything else apart from the white balance; there is a slight yellow cast in the photo. You could crop out the shadow, alter the tone and you get this:

The members of this forum are not Adobe employees, but rather fellow Stock Contributors. Adobe Moderators aren't given much time to evaluate images. They zoom in between 100-200% and reject for "Quality Issues" with the first issue they see. There could be numerous quality issues, but they're not going to take the time to enumerate them, as their sole focus is approving and getting technical superior images into the database, not helping us to become better photographers.

I think you've achieved sharp enough focus on the focal point in this image; the problem seems to be the harsh light causing underexposed shadows. Your shadow is also in the image, which may be the reason for the rejection.