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December 8, 2023
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rejection of a photo previously accepted as Premium

  • December 8, 2023
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Hello,

 

after more than 6 weeks of review another photo got rejected because of quality issues.

Up to the beginning of 2023, this picture was one of my pictures (largely) sold in the Adobe Premium collection, where it had been accepted through the EyeEm app/site. After the EyeEm "fall", I had deleted my whole portfolio there so after some time all my pictures in Adobe had been deleted too.


Now, I've tried to upload the same picture in my personal portfolio and it got rejected. Really??

(uploaded from [moderator deleted link])

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    Correct answer Abambo

    There is sensor dust visible (several, not only the one I pointed out) and you have chromatic aberration. 

     

    You also have an IP issue with the number plates of the cars and you have on one of the cars a TDI logo. 

     

    I don't know how the vetting has been done previously, but the issues were present in the original file. I also have no clue how to become a premium contributor, but I have never found that premium assets are special, or worth the higher price.

     

    In addition, I have no idea what the EyeEm deal was. This picture looks to be quite old, if what I saw from the number plates is correct and correctly interpreted. So this may be a Fotolia story. 

    3 replies

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2023

    Adobe Stock has over 300 million assets in inventory and gets thousands of new submissions per week. They can afford to be choosy about what they accept as there's no shortage of content.

     

    Ask yourself why the other site's content was deleted? 

    • Maybe their quality didn't meet current market expectations.
    • Perhaps the content wasn't selling. 
    • Customer buying habits & trends change over time. 

    It's disappointing but there's not much you can do except create NEW CONTENT that customers will pay for.

     

    Read your Stock Contributor User Guide.  It contains good information to help you.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    George_F
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    George_FCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2023

    I say this all the time, that there are images in my portfolio that probably wouldn't be accepted by today's standards.  

     

    I like this image, but it is pretty dark and the histogram reflects that.  I think this works better with the shadows lifted some.  I would also warm up the white balance a tad.

     

    Not too long ago I came across a printed photo with a dust spot in an upscale environment.  I'm sure the photo cost several thousand dollars.  After I noticed it, that was all I could see.  It's an easy thing to check for, and an easy thing to remove.

     

    I don't think this photo is a lost cause, try some revisions and resubmit 🙂.  I hope you have better luck with your other photos.

    George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
      Abambo
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      AbamboCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 8, 2023
      quote

       

      I like this image, but it is pretty dark and the histogram reflects that.  I think this works better with the shadows lifted some. 


      By @George_F

      Night pictures should reflect darkness, and looking on my iPad, I think that it is pretty well exposed.

      ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
        Abambo
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        AbamboCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 8, 2023

        As Mat Hayward stated once: there is no guarantee that pictures that you delete and resubmit get accepted again. The picture here is too small for a critique.

        ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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        dnleehAuthor
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        December 8, 2023

        Hi Mat, 
        thanks for your answer.


        Technically I didn't delete this picture, the whole EyeEm portfolio was deleted on Adobe with thousands photos from thousands contributore.
        So this can be considered my first try with this picture. And, going from Premium to reject is a double step that makes "techincal issue" a bit weird. 


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        dnleehAuthor
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        December 8, 2023

        sorry, you are not Mat 🙂

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