quality criteria

[JanosJ]

Reason for submitting is the obscure location (Eritrea), have had success with such as I travel to them all the time.

But the rejection isn't 'oh no, yet another beach' but quality, and am bit baffled as I can not quite spot which one of the boilerplate it is. Much appreciate guidance....

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

Not much in focus here, and it really should have been shot in landscape mode rather than portrait mode.

[Ricky336 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I think a major issue is composition. AS @Jill_C pointed out, I also think it should have been shot in landscape orientation.

The composition is bad in this shot!

[Nancy OShea]

Looks like a nice vacation spot.  IMO, clipping and poor composition are the main technical problems here. Focus is the other.

As a customer, I'm not keen on buying partial images that look like snapshots.  I can get those on social media. Stock customers pay for highest quality commercial-use-ready images they can use on brochures, posters, t-shirts, tote bags, magazine ads, etc...

Also compare your work with current inventory.  Stock has over 100 pages of palm trees on beaches. 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=palm+trees+beach

Good luck with your next submission.