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Thank you Jill!

You have all been very helpful! Honestly, I though the Adobe people were going to be snobs but I was wrong.

Jill_C

Community Expert

Glad to hear that you've found the feedback here to be useful. With such a receptiveness for constructive criticism, you'll surely be able to improve your photography!

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Probably wouldn't hurt to open up the shadows a bit. There's some detail in the neck.

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Community Expert

Check the eye, it starts having structure...

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Community Expert

Peacock: sensor dust upper right:

In addition, it's underexposed. As you have reduced the size of the picture, that's all you can get. You should post the original assets here in the same quality as submitted. Some errors can't be detected with reduced size assets.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Participating Frequently

Yep, that makes perfect sense! Thank you for taking time to help me.

Community Expert

Sharpness is one property that can only be appreciated at 100% on the originally sized picture. Noise gets also reduced by reducing the resolution. Your sensor dust is quite huge, as it can be seen even on the small preview.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

daniellei4510

Community Expert

The elephant has some issues with composition. Too much metal fence and not enough elephant. And the fence itself is slanted.

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Thank you for helping me!!
Can you look at the peacock?

RALPH_L

Community Expert

Focus is an issue and you have a dirt spot on the right side. If you want to sell animal photos that are very abundant in the database you need to make them look different than all the rest. The competition is large. For an idea of what I mean, you can check out some of the animal phootos on my portfolio if you like:
Ralph Lear Fotos, Bilder, Stockmedien | Adobe Stock

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

The elephant image has several problems:

Who owns the elephant? I ask because zoo animals are protected by IP. You would need a signed property release by the owners to sell the image commercially.
Blurred focus due to the depth of field being too narrow.
Composition is not optimal. 2/3 of the elephant is clipped, and not facing the camera.
It's a nice snapshot for social media, but it's not suitable for Stock.

Adobe Stock customers expect the highest visual and technical quality for use in commercial projects.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Participating Frequently

Nancy, you are very kind to help me and I appreciate it very much!