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Why were my photos rejected?

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
August 4, 2021
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Hello,

Can somebody tell me why my photos were rejected?

Thanks in advance!

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Kirsten5FB7Author

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Thank you all so much for the tips and tricks. It has helped me a lot!!

Abambo

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You're welcome!

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Stas5E2B

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Amazingly beautiful picture 1. But already at 100% size it is not clear at all. It appears to be movement, not focus. The motion stabilizer of the camera may be defective. I once bought a lovely camera for a cheap price. He spoiled my pictures like yours.

Ricky336

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Did you use a DSLR, or a smaller type of camera? The sensor size makes a big difference. It looks to me rather that the sensor size is small - hence getting artifacts when enlarged. It could also be the combination with the type of lens you have. If you have a DSLR camera - for example a Canon DSLR 'C' type sensor, plus the kit lens that came with the camera - the kit lens isn't that good unfortunately, and you'll get rather unsharp photos.

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Kirsten5FB7Author

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Yes, I use a DSLR. You describe my situation haha I have a Canon DSLR and use the kit lens that came with the camera. I think I need to look into a different lens. Thank you!

Jill_C

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Thanks! I'm going to read up. Hopefully I will find a good lens but also an affordable lens. Many are unfortunately way over my budget

I also had the 18-55 kit lens with my first DSLR, a Canon Digital Rebel, and it didn't take me long at all to realize that I needed an upgrade. I replaced it with this 17-55 2.8 EF-S lens, which is highly rated. I used it for years until I upgraded to all full frame cameras, then sold it back to a well known camera seller, along with my Canon 7D crop sensor camera. Canon EF-S lenses can only be used with crop sensor cameras. I loved this lens and took thousands of images with it. https://www.amazon.com/Canon-EF-S-17-55mm-Lens-Cameras/dp/B000EW8074/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=canon+17-55mm+lens&qid=1628284351&sr=8-3

If you do decide to look for a used lens, you can verify the age of the lens by asking the seller to give you the alpha-numeric date code which is inscribed usually somewhere near the lens mount:

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Lens-Aging.aspx

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jacquelingphoto2017

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Hi @Kirsten5FB7 ,

I believe the main issue has to do with too much of a wide aperture for landscape and placing your focus at the wrong point. For example the last image (that would have otherwise been a very beautiful shot) has too much sky included to be a landscape photograph. It is clear you placed the focus at the horizon, hence it got lost in space.

Best wishes

JG

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Kirsten5FB7Author

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Hi JG, thank you so much!! I will apply the feedback 🙂

jacquelingphoto2017

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You are welcome @Kirsten5FB7

Jill_C

Community Expert

What a shame that all of these images from Keukenhof are blurry since you had such awesome skies. I had rather dull skies each of the times I visited. If this is an ongoing problem (lack of sharp focus), perhaps you should verify that your lens is calibrated to your camera body.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Kirsten5FB7Author

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Yeah the sky was perfect! It was a beautiful day. Unfortunately the pictures are not quite how I would have liked them. But practice makes perfect 🙂

What do you mean by verifying if my lens is calibrated to my camera body? Because I think the lack of sharp focus is an ongoing problem while the settings are correct.

Jill_C

Community Expert

What camera model and lens model do you use? It's possible that your camera doesn't support recalibration.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

RALPH_L

Community Expert

Hello @Kirsten5FB7 , one issue are artifacts as seen here:

This might have been caused in post processing when reducing the highlights and increasing shadows or when adjusting the exposure on the sky. Do you shoot in RAW or JPEG?

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Kirsten5FB7Author

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@RALPH_L Hi Ralph, thank you very much for your answer. I always shoot in RAW 🙂

Abambo

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Shooting RAW is great, you now still need to get your main subject in focus, with the lowest ISO possible and a correct exposure (time and opening).

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Abambo

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I can tell you why your pictures got refused: technical issues. But normally that's what you tell us, and we tell you what technical issues. It's obvious here:

1: Your main subject is out of focus, you have artefacts, and you have a logo on an industrial building(IP refusal).

2. Washed out colours, no details.

6. Nothing in focus, washed out colours. If they were in focus, you would have needed to photoshop out the boat's name and get a model release from the people in the boat.

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