Quality Issue

[Energetic0oak32]

Hello!
I would like to get some feedback on the quality issues regarding the attached photos, in order to improve my picture quality, and know what got those pictures rejected, thanks in advance for the time!

[Nancy OShea]

Quality begins with good lighting, sharp focus, and sufficient color range. 

At 100% zoom, this image is drab, soft and lacking color. 

[Energetic0oak32]

Thanks for the feedback! I do agree with the soft look of the image, and that really helps, however I would love to learn more about the color, since this is essesntially the exact same color as the place in person, it really does lack in color variety, anyways thanks a lot for taking your time to review the images!

[Jill_C]

IMG_5959 copiar.jpg - not in sharp focus and has some underexposed areas

[Energetic0oak32]

Thanks a lot for the reply, it really is lacking a sharp focus, however regarding the undexposed areas, how could it be improved? The information is not lost, there is more that could be brought to light, maybe using some shadow adjustments I guess, anyways thanks a lot for taking your time to review the images, I sincerely appreciate it!

[Jill_C]

Here's an example of what you can do with just a few quick edits in Lightroom Classic:

[Jill_C]

IMG_5846.jpg - somewhat underexposed and it appears that you've added a vignette which is not allowed

[Jill_C]

IMG_5720.jpg - blurry, underexposed, and monochrome conversions are not allowed

[Nancy OShea]

Stock rarely accepts B&W images.  Customers want full color.  If they need to, they can convert a color image to grayscale after purchase. 

Also, why are the trees so blurry?

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

[daniellei4510]

IMG_5959 Looks poorly cropped in-camera to me. I went full AI on the correction, however.

[Energetic0oak32]

Thanks a lot for the reply! You mean that the composition could be better? With more focus on the road from the AI version you sent at least, and regarding any crop, this image is straight out of the camera, no crop made, just some sharpness adjustments and highlights, anyways thanks a lot for the feedback, appreciate it!

[daniellei4510]

It was cropped. But in-camera. All photos get cropped in-camera. But bear in mind, this critique is highly one of opinion. 🙂

[Energetic0oak32]

Ooh I really didn't know about that, appreciate your feedback once more, thanks!

[Abambo]

Cropping in-camera is you taking the decision to use that excerpt of what you see. That's one of the decisions a photographer needs to take correctly. You can always chip away pixels, but you cannot add them. 

[daniellei4510]

"You can always chip away pixels, but you cannot add them. "

Well...these days you can. But acceptable results are never guaranteed. 🙂

[Abambo]

"You can always chip away pixels, but you cannot add them. "

Well...these days you can. But acceptable results are never guaranteed. 🙂

By @daniellei4510

I know. To be honest, I did add sky to a lot of my assets, even before generative expand. Content aware fill was my savour. Thereafter, I was happy. Expanding the sky before that was a lot of work to get it right. 

[Abambo]

5846: focus and exposure. The asset is badly focussed, and the asset is underexposed as shown on the histogram: 

5720: Is black and white, and you see without checking the asset in detail, that the exposure is not correct.

5959: Is lacking correct exposure and saturation.

[ZALEZPHOTO]

I read many of the replies and I agree. Here is the biggest mistakes even professionals sometimes ignore:

They don't use tripos as much as they should. Image 5959 was worth stoping and taking a few minutes to get this great view.

Set your camera on a solid tripod and go for tight apertures F16-22 for landscapes, this will maximize your focus.

I bet the issue you have with focus is that you own "cheap" consumer leanses, I bet you a prime lens would make a superior image both in focus and colors. If you want to get serious about shooting is to get rid of all the cheap consumer lenses you own,

If you can't afford prime lenses right now start with a used 50mm or f1.4 

I did a little tweaking to your photo, give it another try to see if they accept it this time.

      p.s. don't use ISO's higher than 400, if you are not ready to use denoise AI software, which could help in may cases. 

[Energetic0oak32]

Thanks a lot for your time! I will definitely give a try to what you said, and the tripod really makes a difference, I will try the photo you sent, thanks!

[Ricky336]

Hello,

Composition and exposure play an important role.

Exposure:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/exposure-in-photography.html
Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html