Why were these images rejected for quality issues?

Meanwhile, our apologies to the original poster for this thread taking a sharp turn into something totally unrelated. Keep at it, Matthew!

The second image. Taken from inside a car I assume? When I used to teach photography, the first thing I told my students was that any photographs submitted that were taken from their cars on the way to class will receive an automatic F, as it meant they put very little thought into the subject, the composition, etc. 😉

 Any tips on why that might be? I'm still learning the ropes here and would appreciate any friendly advice or feedback. Thanks a bunch!

By @Matthew36408914dj42

Hello,

Quality, well... it's not that good I'm afraid. One thing you have to learn is composition. It's rather poor in these shots, to be honest.

So some tips:

Read these guides from Adobe about composition/exposure etc.

User guide:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
Exposure:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/exposure-in-photography.html
Composition:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/photo-composition.html
Learn and support:
https://helpx.adobe.com/support/stock-contributor.html

Composition is important! Very important!!

These snapshots might be OK for social media but they're unsuitable for commercial use.

Stock customers come here expecting to find professional quality photos to use in their own projects -- i.e. magazines, posters, billboard ads, TV commercials, marketing materials & merchandise.   

Read your Stock Contributor User Guide.  Most of what you need to know can be found there.  If you're new to photography, consider enrolling in some courses and join a photography club.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.ug.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html

20230117-DSC_0487.jpg - this snapshot is underexposed, blurry, hazy and unedited. Read Adobe's guidelines on quality expectations more carefully.

First: Composition, noise

Exposure as shown by the histogram:

(Missing whites, right of the histogram)

Second: composition, out of focus or camera move during the take.

Noise:

Exposure as shown on the histogram:

(missing blacks, left of the histogram, missing whites, right of the histogram, that results in poor contrast)

Here is a better edit, with increased contrasts and correct exposure:

That can't correct the unsharp image, however, and noise reduction will need a lot of attention.