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I too get mad sometimes. But, unlike you, I do not think my photos are perfect when they are not. Your photos are not perfectly sharp. See below.
I only looked at your first two photos.
Photo 15 has no clear subject and a very shallow depth of field. The shallow depth of field results in most of the photo being blurry.
Photo 13 is not focused. This is do to subject movement. Probably the wind and a slow shutter speed. See the image below. The shadow can be seen. Also the highlights in this
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20230102_0015.jpg - very underexposed and very shallow depth of field rendering most of the image out of focus
20230101_0013.jpg - mostly out of focus with a blownout area in the center
20230101_0013.jpg - same as above
20230102_0012.jpg - again very little in focus
20230102_00171.jpg - underexposed and too shallow depth of field
Remaining images have similar issues - underexposed, overly shallow DOF, large blurry areas; frankly these have limited commercial appeal.
The settings you choose and t
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Hi Simone,
It is a misconception, thinking that the price tag of your camera makes you a good photographer. Indeed, most good photographer don't get ask with what camera this picture has been taken, but how they took it. It is certain that the higher the price, the better the quality you could expect from a camera and equipment, but as always, it's not always the priciest horse in the stable winning the races.
My pictures pass, mostly. Just to say. But I have my share of refusals too.
I no
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Hi,
as some other pointed out the technical issues I also want to add, that those photos that are for Stock Agencies like Adobe Stock but also for "the others" are made for people who want to use them in commercials, in Advertisements, etc. so there is a very high quality Standard. In those Marketing Agencies and whatsoever there are also Quality Standards. If these quality standards are not met, no pictures are sold and in the end the stock agency is not in a good position either, because a p
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I got you. Next time I am going to shoot differently just for stock, and check twice if it's under/overexposed, and we will see what the effects gonna be. I guess the same - "Not in needs/Quality problems" but.. as I said, we will see, so thank you for all, and see you soon (for sure)! 🙂
Wish you the best in the new year, by the way! 🙂
Major shout out to the community members here providing outstanding, thoughtful and detailed feedback as was requested by the OP. Rejection can be hard to accept, but it's part of the business. You have to find a way to learn from them and evolve your style so they happen less frequently and you create content with much higher sales potential.
Technical issues aside, in the half dozen photos I opened here, I saw very little, to no commercial value. You have to ask yourself, if you were a cust
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This isn't a photo contest, it's a business. Adobe Stock knows what their customers buy and don't buy. They make no profits from rejected images. Profits come from accepting high volume of quality images that have good sales potential.
As an example, this image has focus problems, color balance issues (too purple) poor lighting (see Histogram) and little if any commercial appeal for use on posters, billboards, t-shirts, tote bags, TV or magazine ads. If you were the customer, would you buy
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Hello,
With all due respect, I think you misunderstand stock photography. In my personal opinion, the photos that you showed here, don't have any value in a commercial sense.
Stock photography is NOT about art. The photos etc have to have a purpose; you might be able to think of a lot of uses for your photos, but how can moss on a step be used in a commercial setting, (with how you framed it, and the focus you used apart from exposure and white balance)? Weed killer?
Even from a photographic poi
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I expected my photos to pass from my point of view, because the options of using these photos are unlimited.
By @SzymonBednarz Photography
I doubt that. And I would guess that even if Adobe had accepted these, you would have zero sales. I do not know if you also submitted for other sites? If so, and they got accepted, you could report us the number of sales in a year time. I would really be eager to be proven wrong.
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