Photo rejected because of image quality. Why?

[Milan Ganesan]

  

Hi!
A number of photos from my latest 'streetphoto' walk was rejected because of image quality. Is this because of the overall exposure? Should I lift the shadow? Or is it something else?

Hope someone will be able to help me out. Ive uploaded to stock before with no problem.

[ricky336]

Hello,

I think it is a bit dark, you could lift the shadows a bit more and maybe alter the white balance just a wee bit. Add a wee bit more magenta - tint. Also is there a dust spot? in the sky, in the first photo and maybe clone out the shadow of the bird in the sky.

[Milan Ganesan]

Thanks! Will do the changes and try to upload once more.