Quite new to this site, quality issues, just few tips for me to understand what's wrong ?

[Pascal F.]

Hi everyone, quite new to the Adobe Stock Contributor world, I've submitted some photos. Some have been accepted (and sold ! A true miracle), and some have been rejected, most of them for "Quality issue" reason.

And I'd like to understand what's wrong with this rejected photos.

Photo is a hobby, I'm not a pro at all, and I wanna learn what could be improved about them.

Thanks in advance for your time on this matter.

Pascal

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

KRZ_40.jpg - overexposed and too little in focus 

KRZ_44.jpg - underexposed shadow area 

KRZ_52.jpg - composition might be the issue. I would have removed that partial umbrella on the right 

KRZ_38.jpg - focus is a bit soft and the beach slightly overexposed 

[RALPH_L · Accepted solution]

Overall I think the photos are nice. Follow @Jill_C 's advice and you should not have any trouble.

[Pascal F.]

Thanks to both of you for your replies.

Nothing about KRZ_01.jpg ?

This one I really don't understand the rejection.

[RALPH_L]

I think the photo needs sharpening.

[Ricky336 · Accepted solution]

The foreground is too dark. The rocks are black blobs!

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

The sharpnes plane is on the fisherman, witch is what I would expect. If you can lift the exposure on the rocks, you may be able to resubmit. You need to bring back some structure in the rocks and the fisherman. This won't destroy the the mood of the image. 

[Pascal F.]

Thanks for your replies @Ricky336 and @Abambo 

My goal was to set foreground (rocks and fisherman) as "silhouette", so quite dark. But I understand what you're saying, in the end it's too much.I hope that by giving some structure back (some brightness), I won't be asked to upload an authorization for the fisherman, as I don't know him at all, and I will never see him again ^^

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

You simply need to try. I do not tink that you will need to recover that much to make him recognizable. 

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

Your prevailing problem is "improper exposure levels" either to much light or not enough.  Also your color balance is off.

Use your Histogram panel and make adjustments accordingly.

I also suggest experimenting more with focal distances to increase your depth of field.  Customers want sharply focused images.

https://photographylife.com/what-is-depth-of-field

Hope that helps.

[Pascal F.]

Thanks Nancy, much appreciated.

Problem is, I had only few seconds to shoot this gecko before it ran away. I had time to make sure head was on focus and... click. Oh, it's already gone ^^

Almost noon, bright tropical sun, withe wall under its feet, 200m focal et f/9 already set on the camera, difficult for the histogram to be well balanced and a longe range depth of field. Sometimes photo are just about luck, or unluck 😉

Thanks for the time you took to comment this photo. I'll try to be more carefull about these details for my oncoming submissions.

Regards

Pascal

[Abambo]

Yes, sometimes you have such moments, where the camera settings are wrong. But if you can't correct, do not submit, as they won't pass.