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Participant
May 20, 2025 12:21 PM UTC
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Why has my photo been rejectied for quality?

Hello, 

 

I'm new to the contributors community and I wanted to know what were the specifis criteria for a photo to be accepted or not? 

e.g. why this photo has been rejected? no blur, no noise, high quality...

 

Thank you

Ricky336
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Community Expert
May 27, 2025 12:44 PM UTC

Hello,

Your drone image is saved using the JPG file format. The camera software has applied some post-processing, like adding more saturation. The result of this is what you see. For Adobe stock, it could be considered too saturated.

The sky is also a bit too blue looking:

Meaning your white balance needs to be adjusted.

It is these sorts of things that can be considered 'quality issues'.

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sylvncttAuthor
Participant
May 27, 2025 1:42 PM UTC

Thanks for all your answers but despite applying all of your adivce, it's still rejected, I guess I'll keep it for myself lol!

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Ricky336
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Ricky336Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 27, 2025 12:44 PM UTC

Hello,

Your drone image is saved using the JPG file format. The camera software has applied some post-processing, like adding more saturation. The result of this is what you see. For Adobe stock, it could be considered too saturated.

The sky is also a bit too blue looking:

Meaning your white balance needs to be adjusted.

It is these sorts of things that can be considered 'quality issues'.

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Participant
May 27, 2025 11:59 AM UTC

May be size?

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Abambo
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Community Expert
May 27, 2025 1:07 PM UTC
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May be size?


By @VILEVI

no!

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Participant
May 27, 2025 8:42 PM UTC

Sorry.

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daniellei4510
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Community Expert
May 20, 2025 5:03 PM UTC

Still not perfect, but a quick lowering of the saturation shows more natural looking grass.

 

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sylvncttAuthor
Participant
May 27, 2025 1:41 PM UTC

Thanks you but that's exactly what I've done and still rejected so.. 

 

 

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Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 27, 2025 3:00 PM UTC

Sure. The drone also has a small sensor that introduces a challange on it's own. Your pictures were not that impacted by this, but it still has an influence on the picture quality. In addition to that, your editing may have introduced other quality issues, especially if you rework JPEG files.

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
RALPH_L
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Community Expert
May 20, 2025 2:33 PM UTC

It is over saturated.

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sylvncttAuthor
Participant
May 20, 2025 2:37 PM UTC

well... the photo has not been retouched, I guess natural colors in Switzerland are oversaturated, but thanks for the advice

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Jill_C
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Community Expert
May 20, 2025 3:44 PM UTC

If you're shooting in jpg your camera is applying in-camera processing. My iPhone jpg images are almost always over-saturated and I have to adjust them in Lightroom.

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Jill C., Forum Volunteer