Exposure rejection

[Tamela Steindorf]

Hello -

Could someone please help me with some of my files being rejected for exposure issues (overexposed?  underexposed)?  I have included an example file that was rejected along with the LR screenshot showing the histogram.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

[ricky336]

Hello, to answer your question more accurately, could you post your shot here. It is too difficult to give an opinion from a screenshot.

However, judging from your screenshot, you haven't done any adjustments, so to get a start, you could try the auto exposure, see how that looks and work from there. Currently, it looks a bit 'flat'.

[Abambo]

Auto exposure is really a good start to get more structure to the image. You could also lighten the shadow.

[DrSniffy]

But is structure why a photo would get rejected for exposure issues? Even a correctly exposed but 'flat' would come under 'technical', wouldn't it?

Tamela, try turning on the clipping warning (both) and see if there's any issues there. it looks like your histogram pops off the top a little and maybe a patch of clipping raising a flag with the reviewer...

[Tamela Steindorf]

Thank you all for your help.  I have played around with the auto exposure as well as checking clipping on the blacks and whites.  Good lesson in paying more attention to my histograms.  Thank you DrSniffy, ricky336 and Abambo.