Help to understand the rejection

[FabioG_Porto]

Hello,

someone can help me to understand the reason of reject for this image?

I suppose the overexposure in the houses to the right of image.

[photorebelle · Accepted solution]

Yes, overexposure and a lot of stains in the water that could have been cleaned

[George_F · Accepted solution]

With a quick glance around the photo at 100% view, I noticed quite a few imperfections.  

• There are both areas that are too light and too dark in the photo that should be evened out.
• There are sensor spots and artefacts in the sky.
• As already noted, there is debris in the water that should be cloned out.  There are also sensor spots on the water.
• The buildings on the right are overexposed, soft in focus, and the vertical lines of the house are noticeably skewed.  The auto vertical geometry correction in Lightroom fixed this.

• I know this is a sunrise/sunset photo, but I think the white balance needs some tweaking.  I found the colors more pleasing with a slight shift towards magenta and a bit cooler.  That may be personal taste though.

I hope this perspective helps.  Cheers!

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

The sky is a bit overexposed, and the shadows are a bit underexposed. You would also have to remove the sign on what appears to be a hotel on the far right in order to avoid an IP rejection. 

[Abambo]

I suppose the refusal reason was quality issues? The right is overexposed, and there are sensor stains.

What about IP? Builing at the right!