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July 2, 2023
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I was thrilled to be accepted and become a contributor to Adobe a few years back. Many of the photos I have submitted have been accepted and I have made sales. For the past few months not a single photo has been accepted for same reason doesn't meet our standards. I am an IPhone contributor and respect the reviewer's decision but am perplexed when the same photos are being accepted and selling on other stock sites. I am including a recent flower photo as an example and hope someone can help me understand the quality issue. I normally am a beach landscape photographer and tried to change up submissions since I am getting no approvals. I am fully aware an IPhone does not have quality as cameras do but up until a few months ago I had only a few photos not being accepted. Again, I respect the decisions but feel a bit hopeless at this point submitting here when others are accepting my submissions. Thank you for any input it is much appreciated.

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Correct answer Jill_C

Zoom in >100% and you'll see that none of the blooms is completely in focus. Due to the lack of controls on your iPhone, you have no control over aperture which determines depth of field. Adobe Stock is overrun with floral images, and unless yours is technically perfect, it's unlikely to be accepted or ever sold.

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Rikinhooo

Participant

Olá! Eu também estou tendo muito deste problema, a taxa de aceitação está muito baixa.
Por isso considerei não perder mais tempo com Adobe Stock e usar mais tempo em outros sites que a taxa de aceitação maior

EzyRider_II

Inspiring

I have said the same. Definitely reviews became much (!!) more stringent
lately. But if it improved overall quality and it came with some increase
of price per photo (it won't!), I am all for it. It would only mean any
change though if Adobe went back to old photos and screened them again and
would throw out say 25% of old junk.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

The quality bar is always rising. Adobe Stock has over 300 million assets now. They can afford to more selective about what they accept. Also you are competing with a very talented pool of contributors who use high quality equipment. iPhone is OK. But a good entry level camera with solid skills in photography & editing will give you much better results for Stock.

As to your choice of subject. Stock already contains over 29 million flowers, far more than demand dictates. You should find other subjects to submit that have less representation and more sales potential.

I hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Gerri29931050dk1zAuthor

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Thank you so much for taking the time and your feedback. I appreciate it and realize stock photography is highly competitive with extremely talented photographers. I normally shoot beach landscape and sunsets but with so many denials tried something different. No doubt an IPhone can't compare to the cameras. I do greatly appreciate even being a part of the Adobe community. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Also see this as it pertains to this topic:

SUNSETS Are So Awesome

https://community.adobe.com/t5/stock-contributors-discussions/sunsets-are-so-awesome/m-p/13133674

Whatever you submit needs to be extraordinary in some way to differentiate your work from all the rest.

Good luck.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jill_C

Correct answer

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Zoom in >100% and you'll see that none of the blooms is completely in focus. Due to the lack of controls on your iPhone, you have no control over aperture which determines depth of field. Adobe Stock is overrun with floral images, and unless yours is technically perfect, it's unlikely to be accepted or ever sold.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Gerri29931050dk1zAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback. The portrait mode on my IPhone looks like not a good option to use for flowers. I normally submit beach landscape and sunsets but with so many denials lately have been trying different photos. It's very helpful to hear suggestions and what others see. I truly appreciate your time to respond. After so many denials when you are getting approvals, you begin to doubt yourself. I respect the decisions and really needed support on what to do to improve my submissions. Again, thank you for your time and helpful feedback.

Abambo

Community Expert

The portrait mode on my IPhone looks like not a good option to use for flowers.

By @Gerri29931050dk1z

Generally, if the “portrait mode” is not done with adequate hardware (i.e. a wide open lens), it won't work well. At least my iPhone 13 creates plenty of artefacts with that.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

George_F

Community Expert

From a composition standpoint, the flower looks cut off at the top to me. It's lacking fine detail when I zoom in, and the blur appears to be an added effect to me. If you zoom in, there are very smooth areas in the blur mixed with grain/artefacts. I think this is subtle on a small screen, but with large prints and on large monitors it's probably more noticeable.

I would also guess the reviewers are very accustomed to noticing changes in texture which is common with A.I. I saw noticeable changes in texture here, which I'm betting is the automatic processing applied by the smart phone software.

Good luck with your future submissions!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer

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Gerri29931050dk1zAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at the photo and your helpful reply. This was taken on portrait mode with my IPhone 14 pro and no edits were done. I can see how on a large screen it would appear differently. I need to consider how my images will appear enlarged, so thank you. Just feeling very discouraged with denial after denial while others are accepting my images and they are selling. I truly appreciate your time.

George_F

Community Expert

More than likely, the edits were made automatically by your phone's software. The overall unpredictable nature of smartphone photos is one of the reasons I don't recommend using one for a technically demanding pursuit such as stock.

There is nothing wrong with continuing to submit, I believe the overall acceptance rate just has to stay above 50% although I can't remember for sure about this statistic.

With a few more rejections, you should get a better feel for what Adobe is looking for and be able to pass over the ones likely to be rejected.

If you are serious about stock, consider a dslr for better quality and more control over your photos 🙂

Cheers!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer

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