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Aug 17, 2025 6:27 PM UTC
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Rejection reason and how to improve the picture

Hi everyone, I'm a new contributer. My pictures got rejected, I would be aprecciated if you help me what would be the exact and professional reason for the rejection and how can I improve my pictures?

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jacquelingphoto2017
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Aug 18, 2025 11:58 PM UTC

Hi @Inspiration Soul ,

Your first image is underexposed and details are lost in the shadows. You placed you focus too far out to capture the landscape and I detect chromatic noise.

The issue I find with the second image was already highlighted.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

 

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RALPH_L
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Aug 18, 2025 2:12 PM UTC

the  sunset has a leaning horizon, the foreground is underexposed and serves no purpose in the photo, a very small spot in the sky (probably a bird) wich needs removing and some posterization in the sky.

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Aug 18, 2025 10:30 PM UTC

Thank you!

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Jill_C
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Aug 17, 2025 10:59 PM UTC

Your sunset image has a leaning horizon.

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Jill C., Forum Volunteer
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Aug 18, 2025 10:30 PM UTC

Thanks!

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Nancy OShea
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Aug 17, 2025 8:20 PM UTC
Participating Frequently
Aug 18, 2025 10:30 PM UTC

Thanks for your tips!

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daniellei4510
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Aug 17, 2025 6:33 PM UTC

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Adobe Community Expert | I have miles to go before I sleep, but I'm all done on this end.
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Aug 17, 2025 6:44 PM UTC

Thank you! The flare on top is part of the reflection I have no idea how to fix it. Do you have any suggestion. I also appreciate if I can hear about your feedback on the other picture.

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daniellei4510
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Aug 17, 2025 7:37 PM UTC

Short of experimenting with AI, there isn't much you can do to fix the flare. As for the other image, I'm curious why you are going for a square format. Landscapes are generally more impressive if photographed with a wider aspect ratio. In any case, there are no over 31 million sunset assets on Adobe Stock, so even if it passed a quality inspection, it might get refused due to being to similar to other assets in the database.

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