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Technical issues rejection.. Please help..

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
July 22, 2022
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Recently had an image rejected for technical issues.. and not sure why. I want to resubmit it with fixes - just not sure what to fix.

Here's the image in question:

Background too blurry? Focal length too narrow? Not enough color? I'm not really sure what's going on with this rejection.

Thanks in advance..

(btw - you guys have been awesome picking apart my prior "technical issues" submissions)

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Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

A bit late to the party, but for me, your original image clearly has white balance issues and exposure and contrast.

After a few quick corrections you get this:

Denys Myts

Participating Frequently

Perhaps you should work a little with the composition and with the contrast?

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

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These are excellent suggestions (I love this forum). I actually resubmitted the image earlier this morning with a little bit of what everyone had suggested here. Lighter, cooler color temp, and deeper focal length. There were comments about it being a black and white image - but it actually wasn't taken as a black and white - it's just that everything in the image was either white or clear so naturally it looked like a black and white image. To help remedy that I introduced a very slight green tint to the glass in the bottles.

Here is the image I submitted this morning:

Hopefully it gets the go ahead!

Jill_C

Community Expert

Much, much better than the original !

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

jacquelingphoto2017

Community Expert

Hi @DarkClearSky ,

This photo comes across as a monochrome. Also, it is underexposed and you should either have the main subjects taking up more of the negative space, or adding more depth. The main subject has a shake blur near the neck of the jar.

I'm afraid you might not get this one accepted.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

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Ok - thanks Jacquelin. More things to fix!

Jill_C

Community Expert

My immediate reaction was "underexposed". A lab would not be this dark, and the lighting would be directly overhead without the side shadows I see here.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you for the feedback .. my underexposing ways have crept back into my work.. 😕😕

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

Inspiring

Ok - based on the comments here, I think I'm going to resubmit something along these lines -

I brightened things up a lot - extended the lighting to the distance - and made it universally pointing downward to avoid shadows, and I changed the camera angle slightly down more. Focal length is deeper than it was. Color temp is more neutral - about that of a fluorescent light.. Basically trying to get more of a "lab vibe" to it.

This is a big difference from what I originally submitted..!

George_F

Community Expert

Interest photo! I love the concept. The technical issues I'm seeing you touched on mostly. In my opinion, the depth of field is too shallow and there is noticeable lens distortion.

The white portion of the histogram was pretty empty and the exposure had some pretty dark spots although I'm not sure if those were deciding technical issues. There also appeared to be a yellow color cast, but I adjusted white balance a few times and liked the results less than the original. Perhaps the color is intentional to give a certain feel to the photo, but I suspect a more neutral photo would be desired to let the customer stylize as they see fit.

You may have already addressed this, but I believe a property release will be needed if you get over the technical hurdles.

I hope this pans out!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

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Thank you so much for the feedback..!

I originally went with more neutral lighting - and I (like you) liked the warmer color better.. but when you stare at your own work for too long you sometimes lose the ability to judge it critically. I've learned that I often tend to make depth too shallow and exposures a bit too dark (and so I try to compensate).. Perhaps this is another case where I've fallen into old habits..

Here's a version with brighter, more neutral lights (5100K) as well as increased depth. (This is lower resolution fore the forum):

Better? Worse?

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

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(I just noticed there are some artifacts in there... please ignore.. this is just a quickie to see if I'm going in the right direction...)

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Test Screen Name

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Also... it may get an IP rejection. I assume you made up all these bottles yourself? If so, and you're asked for an IP release, you can make one as the artist and owner. (NB different from model release).

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DarkClearSkyAuthor

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Yes - bottles are made up (by myself). I've had that exact issue before with Adobe stock before - and had to do exactly what you suggested, but this one was not rejected for IP. It's another dreaded "technical issues" rejection..

creative.shukla

Participating Frequently

I think it's to dark not enough brightness to the image and also looks to warm.

Correct this two thing, upload again than it might get accepted.

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