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Violation of guidelines issue.

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Nov 10, 2025 Nov 10, 2025

I had an image rejected with a rather stern warning of 'violation of the guidelines.  I'm flabbergasted!  Its an image of a water lily with a reflection with nothing else in the frame.  How can an inocent flower picture be a violation of the guidelines???  I have several other examples like this.   

How can I be sure my submissions are not going to be randomly rejected like this????

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Community Expert , Nov 11, 2025 Nov 11, 2025

Reading and comprehending ALL of the Adobe Stock guidelines is essential. Post the rejected images here and the community members will provide their opinions as to the specific reasons for rejection. The rejection verbiage provided by a Adobe is not at all "stern", though it is usually not very specific either.

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Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2025 Nov 10, 2025

Was this a generic warning? Or an email? I'm not aware of any "stern" warnings. Can you post a screenshot?

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Community Expert ,
Nov 10, 2025 Nov 10, 2025

Hello,

Could you post an example of your image? Perhaps there is something you missed. Also check your keywords. There maybe a keyword, that is IP protected. Also make sure there are no watermarks—such as your signiture—and no borders. These isssues could rasie such a rejection.

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Community Expert ,
Nov 11, 2025 Nov 11, 2025

What was the rejection reason? The heading of the rejection is enough. If you are translating the rejection from your language, I would like to get the original heading. You can copy paste it here.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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Nov 11, 2025 Nov 11, 2025

Reading and comprehending ALL of the Adobe Stock guidelines is essential. Post the rejected images here and the community members will provide their opinions as to the specific reasons for rejection. The rejection verbiage provided by a Adobe is not at all "stern", though it is usually not very specific either.

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Nov 11, 2025 Nov 11, 2025
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Was it struck for Property Violation?  See rejection reasons below.

 

It would help us help you if we could see the rejected image (full size). 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
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