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Eager to produce better photos - Not sure why this was rejected for quality reasons - comments pls!

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
April 11, 2025
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Thanks to everyone for your very useful comments, which have really helped my understanding of the requirements. I really appreciate all of your replies.

Abambo

Community Expert

You're welcome.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

The colors are oversaturated.
The foreground is out of focus.
You might have some IP issues (lighthouse and other landmarks).

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Ricky336

Community Expert

The bushes ruin the photo.

Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html

This is what it looks like without the bushes:

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paul_5081Author

Participant

Made some changes, but are they enough

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Those bushes have got to go. And the sky could be more saturated.

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.

Abambo

Community Expert

Artefacts:

Oversaturated colours and overexposed whites.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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paul_5081Author

Participant

Many thanks for the feedback on this. If I can fix the saturation and over exposure, I'll re-submit, as this photo sells really well on Shutterstock - by a factor of 4 compared to my others

Abambo

Community Expert

, as this photo sells really well on Shutterstock - by a factor of 4 compared to my others

By @paul_5081

That's quite astonishing. It's however a nice picture, if you can fix the issues.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Jill_C

Community Expert

It seems to be over-saturated and not sharply focused. The large blurry bushes in the foreground are somewhat distracting.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

RALPH_L

Community Expert

I also believe the lighthouse and the side of the one building are overexposed.

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paul_5081Author

Participant

Just attached the file as well.

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Lucas Zone

Participant

I'm not sure why this is the case, but many moderators are American and tend to have a subjective approach to photo reviews. I've also noticed that their perception of aesthetics differs from that of people from other countries. As a result, if you're from a different country, your photos may be rejected more often based on their personal preferences. I believe there's too much censorship involved. People have different tastes and appreciate different styles of photography. I for example like the New Topographics movement that steers away from traditional compositions, framing, colours, sharpness etc.

Abambo

Community Expert

I'm not sure why this is the case, but many moderators are American

By @Lucas Zone

I'm not sure, how you got this nonsense. We do not know where the moderators come from, but hiring Americans for such a task would be very expensive. Operations like this are normally done from low wage countries, with limited support from high wage countries. Image quality can be checked from everywhere in the world, and the criteria is not biased on personal perception of aesthetics. If you contribute for stock, you need to submit neutral assets, that the buyer can modify to their needs. Submissions can be artistic, but they need to meet the quality standards. Please note: stock is about craft, not art.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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