yet another rejection - bokeh??

Hi @denniswmchugh ,

The idea is to maximize the potential sales for your files. To do this your file need to be adaptive to multiple customer needs. Two customers like your photo, but one wants it with soft edges while the other wants it sharp. If you subject is sharp the customer who wants the soft edges can use photoshop to achieve this. The converse is unachievable. 

The first file has too much black areas where details are lost. Lets say a customer likes your file for printing. The black without details would not be attractive.

The subject of your photo must be easily identified. That means as I look on my eyes must be lead to the subject. I cannot identify the subject of the guitar. Too much of it is out of focus and it has blue color fringing.

Another reason why sharp subjects are preferred is because some customers crop away the background. If the subject is sharp it is easier to achieve this task.

The rose has a white balance issue. The shadow is blue.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

As a customer, when I go to Stock searching for a keyword subject, I expect the entire subject to be in focus.  Otherwise it's of no commercial value to me. 

So yes, Stock images should be in focus.  If I want to apply a blur or bokeh effect after purchase, I can do that myself with Photoshop.

Read your Stock Contributor User Guide:

• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.ug.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/vector-requirements.html

==========
Generative AI:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html

Show us the image! A valid bokeh is not the reason for a rejection. But an out of focus asset gets rejected.

Moderators can't give more precise indications, they don't have the time, and probably also not the language knowledge to give you an extensive critique of your asset. Moderation is done to protect the customer from bad assets, not to make you a better photographer. It's optimized for speed. Moderators reject on the first reason they see. Rejected pictures very often contain more than one valid rejection reason. Volunteers here can have a look at your picture(s) (not more than 3 in a row please) and give you their assessment of what could be the rejection reason.

Please upload two or three images for us to review.

Narrow DOF can, of course, be used to selectively ehnance an image and draw your attention to a particular area. However, in general, it seems that Adobe does not prefer, or accept, more artistic images in which only a tiny portion is in focus. Moderators must review and quickly accept or reject images and are not given enough time to provide any detailed feedback to Contributors. However, Adobe has provided this forum as the means for you to receive that feedback. If you upload 2 or 3 of your rejected images here, the Community members will provide feedback.