REJECTION DUE TO QUALITY ISSUES

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
April 24, 2025
4 replies
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Hi. I am new here, I upload this photo that I took and edit myself, I know the quality is not the best, any other advice or critic to the photo? So next time I can took and edit a better one.

Thanks!

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Nice scene.

Stock customers are looking for natural color/white balance to use in commercial projects.

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

If they wish to colorize or add filters to images after purchase, they can. But it's not so easy to remove effects once they've been added.

Read these links from your Stock Contributor User Guide for more tips:

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

Exposure is bad as well as having a colour cast, in addition to colour banding in the sky:

I think you edited it too much!

Secondly, when editing JPG pics, don't edit and save, and then edit the saved picture, because the quality is reduced each time you save a saved image.

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dianacgr10Author

Participant

Thank you for your feedback Ricky.

Do you think Lightroom is a good app to edit photos or do you recommend another way?

Jill_C

Community Expert

I do 95% of my edits in Lightroom Classic, and only a few need to go to Photoshop for further edits.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

Jill_C

Community Expert

Shadows are underexposed and those artifacts in the sky are immediate grounds for refusal. Have you read the quality guidelines on the help pages ?

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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dianacgr10Author

Participant

Hi Jill, no I have not read anything yet, I just upload this one to prove but I would love to learn more about what a good photo needs to have.

Jill_C

Community Expert

Read all of the help pages which will improve your chances of success as a stock provider. Click in the Learn & Support link at the top of your contributor page.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer