Skip to main content
Participant
March 6, 2025
Question

Some my photos not accepted. Why?

  • March 6, 2025
  • 5 replies
  • 315 views

Hello!

Please, explain me why these photos were not accepted

5 replies

Ricky336
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 7, 2025

When enlarged, the quality fails a bit - this is at 100%:

 

I guess they were taken on a smartphone?

You have to consider the contrast and white balance as well as well the composition.


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

 

 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 6, 2025

Quality issues?

If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 6, 2025

I agree with the other comments. But with this one in particular, there is some "keystoning." The doors need to be straightened.

 

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.
Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 6, 2025

Some of these suffer from composition issues. In the first one, since the ceramic head is the main focal point, the empty glass vase should have been moved out of the way.

In the third image, if the moss-covered rock is the focal point, I would have just filled the frame with that interesting color and texture.

In the final image, the composition should have been perfectly centered and level.


Jill C., Forum Volunteer
RALPH_L
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 6, 2025

Overexposed highlights. Another tip. Save your winter photos till the end of summer. You will have a better chance of them being seen. This is not a time of the year that buyers are looking for winter assets.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 7, 2025

The first one is too cluttered. The viewer's eye is being pulled in all different directions at once by competing elements -- flowers, vases, background, etc...

Focus on the main keyword. Make that your subject. Eliminate distractions.

 

The cherry tomatoes are competing with too many distractions.  I would have used a filter to minimize fruit reflections. Again, the main keyword should be your focal point.

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
ole_1451Author
Participant
March 7, 2025

Nancy, you think that might be a reason for the photos to be disapproved?