New Guy Needs Help

[Vasser Clements]

This image was rejected for quality issues. Can someone help me understand where it is deficient so I can improve?

Greatful for your help!

[Nancy OShea]

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.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustr...
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html
• Model/Property Releases:
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[Vasser Clements]

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

[Abambo]

Animals have no IP restrictions, but together with the surroundings, they may be identifiable. In such cases, a release is needed. 

[Nancy OShea]

It depends on the zoo or wild animal park. Some places are more flexible than others.

https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/zoo-photos-for-commercial-use.272327/

Where I live, there are signs all over the park prohibiting commercial video & photography. They want patrons to buy the branded merch from their souvenir shops.

[Abambo]

Sure, but when you can't localize the picture... You can probably guess the location by checking the surroundings.

[daniellei4510]

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

[Vasser Clements]

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

[RALPH_L]

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

[Vasser Clements]

Snap, There it is!

Thank you, Ralph, for helping me get started on this journey!

[daniellei4510]

Maybe when I get home. 🙂 My consumer-grade laptop wouldn't do the image justice.

[Abambo]

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.

[Vasser Clements]

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

[Abambo]

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.

[daniellei4510]

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

[Abambo]

Check the eye, it starts having structure...

[Jill_C]

Composition is definitely the issue with the elephant image. Seems you could have positioned yourself to avoid the fence railing. The second image seems a bit underexposed.

[Vasser Clements]

Thank you Jill!

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

[daniellei4510]

We can be, if we put our minds to it. 😉

[Jill_C]

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!