Rejections

Hi @Deirdre5ECE ,

The flowers seem to be underexposed and also the edge is a bit soft. Edges need to be sharp so that the subject can easily be removed from its background.

As regards the car, it isn't completely in focus. You need to adjust depth of field to suit the subject you capture. For motor vehicles I normally remove the license disk, trade mark and logo and submit. After doing that I allow the moderator to decide if the design is an intellectual property. On this car I see a circle at the front, and the license that need removal. I am not sure if they'd consider these diagonal strips trademarks. In the case of modern vehicle lines or markings on the side of the vehicle are considered trademarks.

To decide what to upload for commercial purpose the general rule is to avoid intellectual property. That would include trademark, business names, logos and some designs. You can get more details about what are the restricted properties and designs at Property release and protection guidelines for Adobe Stock and attached links.

Avoid all recognizable people except you have the models sign releases. Even if it's just the back of the person, a release is required. If the person is far away, but can be recognized when zoomed, a release is required. The whole idea is that the person or persons must not be able to recognize his or their photo if a release is absent.

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author

What rejection reasons did Adobe Stock give?  Technical, Intellectual Property, something else?

Citroen owns the car design. Images of cars cannot be used for commercial purposes.  They can be used for Editorial Use Only in newsworthy articles.  But Adobe won't accept Editorial Use images from regular contributors.  They currently work with trusted partners & news agencies only.

Property types that may require a property release:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/property-release.html

• Famous landmarks, historic locations, and modern architecture
• Copyrighted works like art, books, maps, fictional characters
• Identifiable exterior or interior of private homes and buildings
• Distinctive product shapes like toys, bottles, luxury furniture, vehicles, airplanes
• Unique animals, such as race horses, famous pets, certain zoo animals
• Properties with photography policies, which may include stadiums, museums, concert venues, amusement parks

See links below:

• 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