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January 16, 2024
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Submission Rejected: Quality Issue

  • January 16, 2024
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First time submitting and got rejected. Any tips and constructive suggestions on what I should work on for these images (all photos here were rejected)

 

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Ricky336
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January 17, 2024
Legend
January 16, 2024

wyeong - Your best image is the one with the cherry blosson tree, but unfortunately only two buds are in focus and the colors are dull.  Who is going to use the other two images and for what purpose? Look at images here in Adobe Stock and elsewhere on the internet. Whatch photography videos on Youtube, read about photography on the internet and learn to process images. Good luck ..! 

wyeongAuthor
Participant
January 17, 2024

Do you have any favourite YouTube channels to recommend?

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 16, 2024

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
wyeongAuthor
Participant
January 17, 2024

Unfortunately these resources have not been very helpful 😞

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 17, 2024

They should be, as they are the contributor manual. Definitely, they will not get you to learn photography. They describe what Adobe expects as assets and quality.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 16, 2024

The first is not well composed, too tightly cropped, verticals are leaning, and it appears to be over saturated.  One of the leaves is damaged, and I don't think the image has any commercial appeal. 
The second has blownout areas.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 16, 2024

Your first is underexposed

 

, as shown on the histogram, ill composed and without any interest. There is some noise in the background. The focus is not very sharp.

 

Your second is underexposed. The can should catch your eye more, it's too dull, there is a strange “shadow” in the background. The depth of field is too small. There is a slight noise level, that could be corrected.

 

Your third is out of focus and ill composed. It is also slightly underexposed.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
wyeongAuthor
Participant
January 17, 2024

Thanks for the great suggestions 🙏 will try again with these tips