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why rejections?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 26, 2025
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Hello, I am new to this field, I want to understand why works are rejected due to quality. (Some of them are even made with a current full format cam). I will be glad to receive comments and advice, thank you (Example: Beeches in autumn)

daniellei4510

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Well, for what it's worth, I rotated the image until the trees on the left were straight. That, of course, tilted the trees on the right. Then I used the Distort feature to straighten everything out, and filled in the resulting gaps with gen fill.

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karlp10609245Author

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This is the fullsize one

Ricky336

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Hello,

It is a bit oversaturated, and I think you could alter the white balance a bit, add more yellow - it brings out the golden leaves more- and increase the tint slider, and adjust the tone curve by a small amount. I think you could do more post-processing on this. And in my view, I don't think the trees need straightening, as they are growing on a slope, so of course, they are going to look somewhat slanted. Optical illusion!

Maybe as well, crop the image - 16:9??

Abambo

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I would think that trees grow straight into the sky, when they have the space to do. But I also think that the picture has not been refused for a small error like this. The saturation is strong, but it's not too much. I really would like to see the full-size picture.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Ricky336

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Plants grow towards the light - phototropism. If they grow on a slope, they can't grow 'straight up', and if the trees in this photo need to be straight, then which tree should be straightened? 😁

RALPH_L

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you also need to straighten the trees.

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karlp10609245Author

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I deliberately refrained from doing this in order to keep more areas of the picture and to emphasize the subjective feeling of the trunks reaching upwards. Or is that "old school"?

Abambo

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The picture is oversaturated.

It's underexposed and even so missing some blacks:

...and it could get some geometry correction.

I would assume that this is not the resolution as submitted, as the camera is able to do a higher resolution.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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karlp10609245Author

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Of course it isn't because the orignal picture is 16,5 MB. To much to upload. May I'd upload an image detail...

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karlp10609245Author

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The exposure actually seemed balanced to me. This is also shown by the histogram of the larger image file (see image). Ultimately, only a few branches were "drowned", while the remaining dark areas had enough detail.

Nancy OShea

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Quality covers a wide range of topics. Much more than we can cover in this user-to-user to forum.

Start by straightening your image. Consider using a Rule of Thirds approach to composition.

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/rule-of-thirds.html

Read these links for more tips.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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