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Nico La boite bleue
Participant
February 6, 2026
Question

Why my photos are rejected ?

  • February 6, 2026
  • 8 replies
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Hello !

I don’t have experience here but i would like to know, please, why my photos are rejected, i don’t understand why… Thanks a lot !!

Nico

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    8 replies

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 8, 2026

    There is a noticeable blue color shift in your snow which requires correction to make it white. There are a few ways to handle this, depending on your camera and which software you use.

    See below.

     

    Good luck.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    JeremFR
    Participant
    February 8, 2026

    Hello all

    I am nearly new in photography.

    I arrive in this page because … my photos have been rejected too !

     So I try to study other cases to understand.

     

    PS : for a non pro as me, both of your photos are wonderfull !!

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 8, 2026

    @JeremFR,

    Have you enrolled in any photography courses yet?

    Have you compared your best work with current Stock inventory?

    To get accepted, your work must be as good or better than what Stock is selling.

     

    Read your Contributor User Guide for more tips.

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    JeremFR
    Participant
    February 8, 2026

     Thank you (from Paris) for your answer. 

    I will look after a course indeed. For the moment I talk with chatgpt !!!

    I will follow your advices. ... And read the guides. 

    RALPH_L
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2026

    I converted your first attached photo to jpeg and viewed it in lightroom. At a 200% magnification I could see artifact around the branches. I also saw some noise. This may be due to the conversion JPEG->WEBP->JPEG. Exposure and sharpness are good.

    Jill_C
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    The first image seems to be a well-balanced exposure, however, as others have said, it seems to lack an arresting focal point, so it’s possible that it was rejected based on composition. Try to imagine how a commercial Buyer might use such as image.

    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
    Nico La boite bleue
    Participant
    February 6, 2026

    Thanks for your answer all, that is very kind and i learn because of you !! :)

    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    First one: no central subject to speak of. The second image has exposure issues in the top corners and a bluish cast in the snow.

     

     

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    Nico La boite bleue
    Participant
    February 6, 2026

    Thanks a lot to answer me, that’s very nice !! :)

    Ricky336
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    Hello,

    From a compositional point of view, your photos do not hold the eye, Especially the tree one.

    Composition:

    The basics of photography composition | Adobe

     

    yamato713108855
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    Is this the actual photo you posted?

    Or has it been reduced in size?

    If it's not the same photo you posted, we won't be able to check the focus, noise, and other image quality.

    RALPH_L
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    Unfortunately, due to the new image size restriction of 5MB most original photos can no longer be posted.

    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    I’ve noticed that when I download assets to inspect them for critiques, they are often downloaded as .webp. I saved a 32 MB Photoshop file as a .webp (high quality, 75%) and it came in at 389 KP. Maybe that’s the way to go until the limit is increased, if ever. Not that there’s an easy way to let people know that.

     

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