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March 7, 2023
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I need some help about quality issues....

  • March 7, 2023
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Hello

This is my first post here. The attached photo was rejected because of quality issues, but the issues were not named....

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Correct answer Ricky336

So, you would have to expose for the highlights. You can lift the shadows a bit in post-production using Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom for example. In this photo, your exposure is completely off. 

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RALPH_L
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March 10, 2023

noise due to c ropping, focus and exposure.

Abambo
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March 8, 2023

Welcome to the community. Adobe does only give you a general refusal reason. This is not thought to make you a better photographer, but stock contributors are supposed to know how to take pictures. Moderation is to protect customers from bad assets. But this community is here to help.

 

Your exposure is not good. There is a lot of black clipping (blue) and some white clipping (red), and the histogram shows very little information in between.

In addition, you have strange artefacts on your picture:

I enlarged to make those more visible, but you can sense the problem at 100% and you see them clearly at 200%.

Very disturbing is, that on the head there is near to no detail left.

 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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March 10, 2023

@Abambo 
Thank you very much for your reply. It will help me (I hope).... 😉

Abambo
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March 11, 2023

You're welcome.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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March 8, 2023

Thank you all for your reply 🙂
The background of this photo was "dark, green and dirty". The crane stood in bright morning sunlight so I've tried the lighting as it is....

Ricky336
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Ricky336Community ExpertCorrect answer
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March 8, 2023

So, you would have to expose for the highlights. You can lift the shadows a bit in post-production using Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom for example. In this photo, your exposure is completely off. 

Nancy OShea
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March 7, 2023

Proper lighting is the key to good Stock photography.

 

 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Jill_C
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March 7, 2023

The lighting is so inadequate that my initial reaction  was "what is it"? The range between light and shadow is just too great, washing out the details in the bright areas and suppressing them in the dark areas. 

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
George_F
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March 7, 2023

The subject isn't well lit in this photo.  The details have been washed away in both the dark shadows and the bright highlights.  It appears part of the subject is out of focus with either motion blur or from using a depth of field that is too shallow.

Hope that helps!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer