Why were my illustrations rejected ?

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These two Illustrations and 15 more got rejected, all for Quality issues, well all my other illustrations i have uploaded so far always got accepted. Now my question, what do i need to change on these Illustrations because i dont understand what the problem is and what tool would you recommend. Thanks

Abambo · Accepted Answer

@thisispeak wrote:Hi Dieter (?), Ultimately only Adobe Stock will know the answer to your question but having looked quickly, my thoughts*: 1. The images are sharp/in focus but (and this might be what a previous respondent might have meant, rather than out of focus) the extremely shallow depth of field, which we of course expect with a close-up, might not place the areas of critical focus in the best place, in the eye's of the reviewer. So, it might be a case of moving the focus, stopping down to increase depth of field and using hyperfocal distance to best effect or of course using focus stacking. No, when I say "out of focus" I mean "out of focus". The focussing problems may be caused by focus stacking. "Dieter" sounds German or German speaking, so yes, the translation theory may be true.  3) Commercial appeal is a different refusal. That is probably not the case here.

thisispeak · Answer

Hi Dieter (?),

Ultimately only Adobe Stock will know the answer to your question but having looked quickly, my thoughts*:

1. The images are sharp/in focus but (and this might be what a previous respondent might have meant, rather than out of focus) the extremely shallow depth of field, which we of course expect with a close-up, might not place the areas of critical focus in the best place, in the eye's of the reviewer. So, it might be a case of moving the focus, stopping down to increase depth of field and using hyperfocal distance to best effect or of course using focus stacking.

2. There are artifacts but of course I don't know if the image you've uploaded here is the same as that submitted (see attached screenshot).

3. Of course, finally, there is always the caveat of (in the reviewers eyes) a lack of creative or commercial value; I've not read their submission criteria but I expect they are at liberty to reject anything they like, if they feel they don't need or want it in their library. That's not me expressing a view on your images but just an observation re stock.

Hope some of that's helpful

*I'm working on the theory these are photographs or will be seen as such but I notice in other questions you use the term illustration again, so not sure of this is a matter of translation (If images are digital illustrations, AI or other, it might be worth clarifying for people in this/future questions?)

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