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July 10, 2026
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Why were all my first Adobe Stock submissions rejected for "Quality Issues"?

  • July 10, 2026
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Hello everyone. I'm a new Adobe Stock contributor and all six of my first submissions were rejected for "Quality Issues". The rejection message only mentions exposure, focus, excessive filtering or noise, but doesn't specify what is wrong with each image. Could someone please help identify the specific technical issues? Are the images suffering from focus problems, over-processing, HDR artifacts, noise, compression, or something else? I'm shooting with an iPhone 13 and I'm trying to improve before uploading more content. Thank you! I've attached three of the rejected images as examples.

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jacquelingphoto2017
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 11, 2026

Hi ​@CampestriniImages 

The first picture is underexposed and has noise grains. The composition is not good. You should either fill more of the space with the rose or utilize the rule of third.

The second image is overexposed in the highlights. It too is noisy. Some details seem to be lost due to lack of sharpness due to too much of a wide aperture settings.

 

The subject of the third photo is too small. You have too much of a negative space. This picture is also noisy. It has both compression and grain noise. A section of the picture is blurred. 

Best wihes

Jacquelin

Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2026

Composition is an issue in each of these. In the first, there are distracting blownout areas that could have been cropped out. In the second, the fruit is partially out of the frame for no good reason. In the third, both the pot and the horizon are leaning, and the pot is dead center. Try to imagine how a Buyer would use such an image.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2026
  1. Too many distracting elements in the background. Besides, Adobe Stock already has over a 1 million rose buds.
    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=rose+bud
  2. This is your most visually interesting subject. Good commercial potential if cropping & vertical alignment were better. 
  3. No commercial value. The potted plant looks out of place here. 

Photo submission overview

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2026

Cropping is the issue on this one, but all three need improve with regard to composition. Read up on the rule of thirds when it comes to subject placement. 

 

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