Rejecting work

For some time now, about 40% of my works have been rejected, various false reasons are given, usually it is the quality of the photos, even though I have not changed the style of photo processing, and my equipment is of a very high standard, I have been taking photos for 20 years, I received AFIAP and QPSA titles for my achievements. and PPSA. I cannot agree with this level of moderation of photos, I cannot find an e-mail contact for my colleagues, if anyone has one, please help

 

By @jans11593268

There isn't an email contact, apart from the ' Contact Us' at the bottom of your profile, but this email is for issues with your account of course.

The quality of photos can also be a matter of opinion, and sometimes there is an actual issue.

I doubt that you can say false reasons, there is always a reason!

Maybe you should change your style of post-processing! 😊

my works have been rejected, various false reasons are given...

By @jans11593268

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Technical problems are not false reasons.  Obviously you overlooked something. 

It's hard to admit faults with our own work when pride clouds our judgement. 

That's why critiques are helpful.

Save your breath.  Reviewer's decisions are final.  There is NO APPEALS process. 

Don't take it personally.  Stock gets hundreds to thousands of submissions per week.  Everyone has rejections.  It comes with the territory.  A 40% rejection rate is not statistically significant enough to get you terminated, so don't sweat it. 

Carefully read your Contributor User Guide.   It contains good information.

• 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-illustrations.ug.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html
  
  

Ways to reduce rejections:

1. Examine every quadrant of every image at 100-300% magnification. That's when artificats and other problems are visible.

2. Correct errors if possible in Photoshop or Lightroom.  Otherwise, set it aside & work on another image.

3. Select 5-10 of your very best images.  Compare them with current Stock inventory to ensure yours are as good or better than what Stock has. 

4. Also look at how much competition you have in that keyword.  If Stock already has 20 million widgets, yours will have to be very special to stand apart from the rest.  Dare to be different.  Avoid submitting over-represented subjects like pets, plants & sunsets. Stock already has more than they can sell.

5. The best stock images have good composition, balanced lighting, neutral white balance, sharp focus, good depth of field and they tell a story or evoke some kind of emotion.

6. If yours is suitable for commercial use, feel free to submit it.  Otherwise, save it for another purpose.

If you'd like a critique,  post 1-2 of your full-sized rejections.  Well take a look and give you our best assessment of why it wasn't accepted.

Hope that helps.  Good luck.

Just to say that you got many prices and that you should have assets accepted on that basis is utterly wrong. The criteria for (international) photo competitions differ from what Adobe has here. If you can't agree with moderation, you need to quit. You can't talk to moderators.

You can post an asset here, with the refusal reason, and then we will have a look at it. The need for stock is different as the need for artistic photography. And having “high standard equipment” makes nobody a good photographer. Many of the renowned photographers would not be able to submit to Adobe stock. It's a different world.

If you'd like a different perspective on some rejected photos, feel free to post a few for a peer review here in the forum.  We're always happy to offer some feedback.

Adobe Contributor Support usually doesn't reply to emails about rejected photos, and there isn't an appeals process for rejections.  You're free to try to fix any errors and resubmit though.  Sometimes it's best to accept that an asset isn't appropriate for commercial use and move on.

There is a learning curve for Stock, even for the most seasoned of photographers.  You'll also find that different stock agencies accept different assets based on the needs of their client base.  60% acceptance for someone new to stock isn't the worst.  Over time you'll get a better understanding of what Adobe is looking for.

Cheers!

Maybe you could upload 1 or 2 of your rejected photos so that we can evaluate them.

 You say that you can't agree with this level of moderation, but really you have no choice. The rejections are rarely based on "false reasons", though since human moderators are used, there can be some variability in the process.  There is no avenue for you to dispute the findings of the Moderators; however, Adobe has provided this forum for you to submit a few of your rejected images for more detailed feedback from fellow Contributors. 

Even though I am a complete beginner and a complete amateur in photography, it seems to me that:
1. The criteria for photographs/images have increased
2. Real people moderate and some are very picky and some are less picky. It depends on who your images will reach.
3. Even Mat Hayward has 3000+ rejected images... so don't be discouraged.

I may be wrong, but it seems so to me.