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May 14, 2025
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Rejected .jpegs

  • May 14, 2025
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Why do the reject these .jpeg?

Files come from out of the camera directly,  no post production.

Correct answer Ricky336

Hello,

There are quite a few quality issues here—exposure, composition, and so on.

You also need to do some post-production—to use software like Lightroom, Photoshop and similar to make adjustments to exposure, white balance, correcting the perspective, altering the tone, etc. A photo is rarely good enough to come 'straight out of the camera'.

The only type of photo that literally came straight out of the camera was the Polaroid!

 

These links might be a good start to get more information.

 

User guide:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
Exposure:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/exposure-in-photography.html
Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html
Learn and support:
https://helpx.adobe.com/support/stock-contributor.html

 

It is also important to think about the commercial value of your photos. How will they be used?

2 replies

Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 14, 2025

Virtually all images require at least minimal editing, particularly if you're capturing in RAW format, which is preferable. There is no virtue in avoiding post production, and indeed Buyers want fully edited images so that they don't have to do the editing themselves.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Ricky336
Community Expert
Ricky336Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 14, 2025

Hello,

There are quite a few quality issues here—exposure, composition, and so on.

You also need to do some post-production—to use software like Lightroom, Photoshop and similar to make adjustments to exposure, white balance, correcting the perspective, altering the tone, etc. A photo is rarely good enough to come 'straight out of the camera'.

The only type of photo that literally came straight out of the camera was the Polaroid!

 

These links might be a good start to get more information.

 

User guide:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
Exposure:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/exposure-in-photography.html
Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html
Learn and support:
https://helpx.adobe.com/support/stock-contributor.html

 

It is also important to think about the commercial value of your photos. How will they be used?

Ema_CAuthor
Participant
May 14, 2025

Thank you very much for your reply.
Yes, I was aware that there were mistakes, but I just wanted to better understand what criteria were evaluated for the choice of photographs.

Thank you again