Why are they rejecting all my photos as too low quality?

[jie_8284]

I don't see what makes my images considered as "too low quality", as they were taken using the highest ranked smartphonecamera on DXOmark.com

[RALPH_L · Accepted solution]

Photo 1: Underexposed shadows and IP violation of the boat.

Photo 2. IP violation on the tag. Overexposed highlights on the neck and hand.

Photo 3. Vertical and horizontal lines not straight.

[jie_8284]

This was indeed marked as the correct answer, but the rejectings seem arbitrary as when resubmitting the exact same pictures 2/3 do seem to get accepted:

https://stock.adobe.com/nl/stock-photo/id/1360648661

https://stock.adobe.com/nl/stock-photo/id/1360648640

[daniellei4510 · Accepted solution]

The highest rated smartphone camera is still no match for a mid-range real camera. The sensor is still too small in comparison. 

And besides, the camera itself is not necessarily the issue and issues not necessarily beyond repair. This one is underexposed, and even then it's left with no detail in the highlights. You would also need a model release.

[jie_8284]

This was marked as the correct answer, but also accepted on resubmission of the exact same picture:

https://stock.adobe.com/nl/stock-photo/id/1360648640

What does that mean?

[jie_8284]

Much easier to swap it out for an AI interpretation of the scene for free than to buy a 50K camera.

[daniellei4510]

I think you need to stop trying to capitalize on other people's images and try doing something original. 

[daniellei4510]

My apologies again. I misunderstood that you were using your own images. But my concerns stand. Copying is not editing and the fact that ChatGPT is capable of doing this is concerning with respect to copyright issues going forward. ChaptGPT will copy an exact prompt when entered by two different people and get the same identical result, unlike Midjourney and other AI apps that randomize results. As a former photographer now neck deep in AI, these issues are at once frightening and exciting. That said, AI results, no matter how well done upon an initial look, will still need editing. Good luck. 

[daniellei4510]

It means the moderators are human and can make mistakes. 🙂

[yamato7]

Depending on the orientation of the photo, the horizontal direction may not be straight, but the vertical direction will be straight.
The photo is slightly tilted.

I think the Barrow photo is about composition.
It's leaning towards the bottom.

[Abambo]

You can get refusals on quality with a $50.000 camera. The camera you use is not exactly a guarantee that your pictures get accepted.

[Abambo]

If the building would not have gotten a Quality Issues refusal, you would have gotten an IP violation refusal: 

[jie_8284]

Hmm, with all these requirements, it's much easier to just make it AI-generated instead. AI only copies part of the aesthetics: how does it look?

[daniellei4510]

How does it look? First tell us what it is.

[daniellei4510]

AI isn't going to destroy photography It's going to destroy AI.

[jie_8284]

You can use edit them away using ChatGPT-4o:

 

[daniellei4510]

Which changes tbe image drastically and would need to be uploaded and tagged as AI. This is not the original image. Even the people are different. 

[daniellei4510]

Sorry to sound abrupt, but this is not editing. It's copying. And a very poor copy at that. It needs some serious editing.