Rejection reason and how to improve the picture

[Inspiration Soul]

Hi everyone, I'm a new contributer. My pictures got rejected, I would be aprecciated if you help me what would be the exact and professional reason for the rejection and how can I improve my pictures?

[daniellei4510]

[Inspiration Soul]

Thank you! The flare on top is part of the reflection I have no idea how to fix it. Do you have any suggestion. I also appreciate if I can hear about your feedback on the other picture.

[daniellei4510]

Short of experimenting with AI, there isn't much you can do to fix the flare. As for the other image, I'm curious why you are going for a square format. Landscapes are generally more impressive if photographed with a wider aspect ratio. In any case, there are no over 31 million sunset assets on Adobe Stock, so even if it passed a quality inspection, it might get refused due to being to similar to other assets in the database.

[Ricky336]

If you use a conventional camera with a lens, use a polarising filter to reduce or eliminate flare and reflections. 

[Inspiration Soul]

Thanks1

[Nancy OShea]

You're unlikely to make sales from this content due to over-supply. 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sunset  31 MILLION results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=sunrise  40 MILLION results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=leaf  73 MILLION results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=flowers  71 MILLION results

Successful Stock Contributors produce high quality assets that are in demand for commercial use, but for which there is limited inventory. 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=food+storage+containers  

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=soda+cans

Read your Contributor User Guide for more tips. 

• 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-illustr...
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html
• Model/Property Releases:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/model-release.html
  https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/property-release.html
  
  

Good luck. 

[Inspiration Soul]

Thanks for your tips!

[Jill_C]

Your sunset image has a leaning horizon.

[Inspiration Soul]

Thanks!

[RALPH_L]

the  sunset has a leaning horizon, the foreground is underexposed and serves no purpose in the photo, a very small spot in the sky (probably a bird) wich needs removing and some posterization in the sky.

[Inspiration Soul]

Thank you!

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Hi @Inspiration Soul ,

Your first image is underexposed and details are lost in the shadows. You placed you focus too far out to capture the landscape and I detect chromatic noise.

The issue I find with the second image was already highlighted.

Best wishes

Jacquelin