Trying to understand why all my shots were not accepted

[CraigOfWaffles]

Hi all, I'd appreciate your advice. I'm new to Adobe Stock and uploaded my first submissions last week. They were all not accepted citing "quality issues." I thought they were good technically and in terms of composition, and in line with things I've seen used in corporate presentations and other materials. Could you all shed some light on why these were rejected (not uploading all the stuff I submitted here, just a few examples)?

[daniellei4510]

For the flower image, there is a lot of detail lost in the highlights. I won't go into how many flower images are already in the database and how much competition there is...well...I guess I got into it. So there's that. 🙂

The school desk...is that a leaf? It could have been removed. 

[daniellei4510]

As for the wall of wood, not sure what to tell you, so wait for others to chime in. I wouldn't be hesitant myself to submit it, at least as having potential for wallpaper or a graphic resource. I messed with contrast, exposure, adjusting highlights and shadows, etc., but the differences were negligible in terms of quality.

[Ricky336]

Hello,

Personally, I think the composition is not that good, esp, in the 'paint' shot - some rather distracting elements, and the flower shot, the composition isn't that good, as well as the overall exposure.  

Secondly, the white balance is off - a bit too yellow. The pile of wood photo - the white balance needs to be corrected.

As you're new, read these links from Adobe help.

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

[RALPH_L]

The first two images are not in focus.

[Abambo]

7809-3: (colour) noise and generally not a great composition: 

Buyers can make their own cropping, but they can only with great pain add space. You need to stage such assets carefully. It's not (or quite rarely) a good idea to photograph the live mess like this. The DOF is too narrow. The tree may need a property release, even if it is a children's drawing, the creator has the copyright on this.

7550: you have ovesaturated the colours, contrast is missing and your DOF is too narrow.

7587:  The woodpile is not level, the left border is out of focus, and overall contrast is missing.

I did not check the exposure for your assets, but I would guess, that looking at the histogram, I would see issues, especially with the second asset (7550).

[shanewatson5091]

The focus is not right on the spot. It can be the major reason for rejection.

[Abambo]

The focus is not right on the spot. It can be the major reason for rejection.

By @shanewatson5091

All reasons are major reasons. You do not know which one of the faults did cause the refusal, as the moderators refuse as soon as they see an issue.