Skip to main content
BLUpalette Photography
Participant
April 6, 2021
Answered

New Contributor- Images rejected for "Technical Issues"

  • April 6, 2021
  • 3 replies
  • 2540 views

I would Greatly appreciate it if someone could please help me understand why my images were rejected so that I might be able to avoid the same mistakes moving forward! 

 

Thank you in advance!

Correct answer jacquelingphoto2017

Hi @BLUpalette Photography ,

The photos I look at are not completely sharp. 

 

I get the impression you had some sort of filter over the lens. This is extremely hazy and not sharp.

The black and white are not so sharp and too flat.

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author

 

 

3 replies

Known Participant
April 11, 2025

In their regulations it says "do not change photos to black and white" and "do not filter in the vinted style" "do not do strong vintation" they don't like that. in the regulations it is to leave the editing to the client and that the client prefers a color photo, which they will eventually change to B&W. If you change to B&W you close the option for the client to edit it.

jacquelingphoto2017
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 11, 2025

Hi @lidiaspringer ,

Please note: This is a 2021 post. Then, Adobe accepted black and white if they were exceptionally outstanding.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

jacquelingphoto2017
Community Expert
jacquelingphoto2017Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 6, 2021

Hi @BLUpalette Photography ,

The photos I look at are not completely sharp. 

 

I get the impression you had some sort of filter over the lens. This is extremely hazy and not sharp.

The black and white are not so sharp and too flat.

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author

 

 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 6, 2021

I did not look at all of your images, they have probably all the same or similar problems:

Stock1: Has been converted to b/w and shows artefacts due to the processing. Personally, I think that there is not enough of the picture in focus.

Stock27: Chromatic aberration. And in addition, the picture is out of focus.

Stock15 is again a b/w picture.

Stock25 is out of focus. There may also be colour banding and other artefacts.

 

As for the other pictures I did not look at them. Please do not post more than 3 pictures in a range. If after getting the critics for those pictures your refusals for the other ones are still unclear, you can post a different one. It's time-consuming to open each picture, and it may not contribute to helping others in their process to see what may go wrong. It's also not easy to refer the correct picture for the critique.

 

If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

 

Generally

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
BLUpalette Photography
Participant
April 6, 2021

Thank you for your response and your assistance, I really appreciate it. Just one other question... Will all black and white photos not be accepted?

jacquelingphoto2017
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 6, 2021

Hi @BLUpalette Photography ,

If your black and white picture is looking exceptionally outstanding it might be considered. However it is not recommended since Photoshop does an excellent job at converting from color to black and white, Your images has greater opportunity for sale in color than in black and white since both category customers will buy them. There are much more need for color than black and white, which could mean many black and white images becoming dead-stock. As a beginner, inexperienced in taking professional quality images I suggest you concentrate on color only. I do not believe at this time you will be able to submit the quality black and white that will stimulate consideration.

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author