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Anonymous

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A bit confused here

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
September 28, 2021
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Hello,

I have been a contributor for a while now, and I have had some success so far. I understand that sometimes I shoot photos with a bit of an artistic style that may not lend itself well to stock photography, but I am very confused this time.

The photo labeled "rejected" was obviously rejected, but the one labeled "accepted" was accepted and is in my public portfolio. The reason given was "technical issues". Initially I thought they rejected it because I got a little to creative, shooting during the blue hour using daylight white-balance. I figured I would color correct the WB since I shoot raw files, no big deal. Then I saw that the other was accepted, and now I am really confused, since the only difference in the two files is the orientation. One was landscape, and the other in portrait.

What are the technical issues with the rejected files that are not present in the accepted file?

Thanks,

-Mike

*Accepted photo is portrait orientation. Rejected photo is landscape orientation.*

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RALPH_L

Community Expert

Hello @4409935 , to me it seams a focus issue. The log in the portrait photo is real sharp and the landscape is soft and not very crisp.

jacquelingphoto2017

Community Expert

Hi @4409935 ,

Your shots are nice. It is advisable to shoot in both landscape and portrait. You do not get rejection for that. Some customers prefer to license portrait while others prefer landscape. You did not get a similar rejection, therefore, the rejection had nothing to do with orientation. You got a technical issue rejection. I've inspected both. This is my findings.

The portrait displays more noise in the top right corner and it is less exposed than the landscape.

In my opinion both are equally sharp and the compositions are good. Both have equally soft edges at the far end of the log.

A possibility is that two different moderators reviewed your files or the moderator had preference for the less exposed file, or the acceptance or rejection had to do with the state of mind at the time.

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author

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Anonymous

Seems reasonable. I think you are probably correct.

RALPH_L

Community Expert

@4409935 , the portrait shot is sharp and well focused. The landscape is not as sharp.

Abambo

Community Expert

I can't confirm that finding.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

tiger622010

Known Participant

I stop doing portraits of the same image a while back. I figure the buyer can crop my landscape format to portait if they want.

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Rember that "technical issues" include composition. Perhaps they consider one of the images to have composition less than perfect.

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Anonymous

But the non-long exposure version of the same composition was accepted. The exact same shot, but at 1/250th instead of 30 seconds.

George_F

Community Expert

Maybe different moderators? These are are well done from a quick glance, but I could see the argument of a white balance technical issue from a stock perspective.

-George Folster

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer

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Anonymous

Maybe so. I kind of thought they were going to reject both for white balance, even though I shot them this way intentionally. Should I correct WB and re-submit the landscape oriented photo? Or, once it is rejected, is it a one-and-done thing? I have never attempted to correct, and resubmit an image.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

How much do you want to dilute your portfolio with the same image?

That's like going to an auction and outbidding yourself.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

tiger622010

Known Participant

Sometimes they only want one of the two images that are similar in nature. A lot of companies will do this as well. It's up to the reviewer to decide which one to take.

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Anonymous

I get that, and often when shooting landscapes I will shoot one in portrait orientation, and one in landscape orientation. Sometimes they take both, other times they will reject one for "similar image already submitted".

It's the "technical issues" as the reason for rejection that has me confused.

I don't see a technical issue with the wide shot, that wouldn't also be present in the tall shot. Know what I mean?

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Anonymous

Of the two, I think the portrait one is framed better.

Landscape has nothing of interest in the wide portion to justify it being submitted as landscape.

That could be a possibility, but two additional versions of this photo were also submitted in both portrait and landscape orientations, although they were not long exposures. The standard 1/250th exposure versions were accepted and rejected in the opposite fashion, meaning they accepted the landscape oriented one, and rejected the portrait version. The reason given for those was "similar images submitted already".

This was rejected for technical issues. It's not a big deal, really, but there is quite a lot of inconsistency when it comes to submissions being accepted and rejected.

Once the landscape version was rejected for technical issues, I fully expected the portait version to be rejected as well, but two days later, it was accepted. I think different photo editors have different opinions as to what constitutes a technical issue maybe?

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