Rejected photos

[Rich_Goddard]

Hi all, I decided to try and put some photos to good use and upload to Stock. They're taken on my Pixel phone (edited in Lightroom), so wasn't sure if they'd be accepted. To my pleasant surprise, after uploading around 30 so far, around half have been accepted...but half rejected.

So I wanted to try and find out if there's anything I can do to improve the acceptance rate, or whether the quality being from my phone (or anything else), for some of the images, simply isn't good enough.

For example, some that were rejected, I edited again, eg by playing with white balance, reducing effects to a minimum, which I re-uploaded and had accepted. But I'm learning as I go so wondered if there's anything more specific I could try.

The ones that have been accepted are here: https://stock.adobe.com/uk/contributor/212933335/Rich%20Goddard

and I've attached some of those that were rejected. Be great to hear any thoughts/constructive criticism. Thanks so much!

[RALPH_L]

pic2.jpg Overexposed highlights in the sky and overal underexposed shadows.

[Rich_Goddard]

Thanks!

[Abambo]

As for pic1:

This blown out reflections should be edited out. In addition, I see some ugly compression artefacts and little contrast in the flattened background. I'm surprised, however, about the quality of the image. That may be the reason, why half of the assets did pass. 

[Rich_Goddard]

Thanks, will look into it

[Abambo]

Thanks, will look into it

By @Rich_Goddard

You're welcome.

[daniellei4510]

Also, you should convert your color space to sRGB during the editing process, as per Adobe's requirements (though this is seldom a reason for rejection). 

[Rich_Goddard]

Will look into it, thanks!

[Nancy OShea]

Depth of field can be challenging with automatic cameras. 

Focus on background, take a shot. Focus on foreground, take a shot. Stack cropped layers in Photoshop.

[Ricky336]

Think about your composition as in this pic:

Perhaps you could remove them.