To my artist's eye, the first photo is spoiled by the dark blue foreground. Maybe crop that out and save the sharper center. The second photo also looks hazy in the foreground and the sharp part of the photo is more at the center. Buyers would find these difficult to work with. Hence, no market. Interesting shots, however. JH ... View more

Just wondering, did you check the submission guidelines - size and Res.? Updated information would be a start to understand. I too love butterflies and have had my best rejected but still, others accepted and sold. I am resizing and "fixing" several for resubmission now. Looking at my photo at magnification 100%, I see the few less than sharp spots in the center wing.  I also found the background had to be muted a bit. The white area was too intense. Best of luck.JH ... View more

I completely agree with ricky336 I also know how difficult snow photos are to capture and still follow the guidelines set forth in the beginners' information for your submissions. If you do get any of your snow shots accepted, check the differences you find when comparing the two. Present only things that are your best work and always make sure the white is not too intense in spots. Keep learning all you can. Computers are not usually the problem. I would almost prefer a programmed scanner being used to catch the general flaws and then final screening by professional people eyes. This is the best of both worlds working together. JH ... View more

Morning V.P. I just had one of my illustrations rejected for non-compliant and a request for a release form. I filled out the form as required and sent it and the illustration back and it still got rejected. Proof of copyright ownership is tricky. I will pursue this a bit further. Different reason for rejection for the second submission. JH ... View more

Hi, I am not an expert in movement art. However, I am fairly sure that if Adobe says this has no commercial value for their known clients - that is simply true. Does mean the work is bad or good, just nothing their clients are known to buy. Have fun with this one. Reminds me of my strawberry shake as I am falling over my feet. (joke) JH ... View more

Very interesting photo. As a potential buyer, I could not use this until the background was separated more from the foreground - too many confused lines to see the central interest - boats - well enough to use it. I wonder, can you blur the entire background or somehow contrast it enough to separate the many confusing lines in the center? Some bits of a blur but not the only reason I see to refuse the photo.Regards, JH ... View more

While I am not in the "making big money" group from my Adobe Stock offerings, I am honored to participate in the process of learning and growing my skills as an artist. This exchange with the many talented artists and Adobe users is valuable, fun and excellent for connecting with markets all over the world. I even learn how to illustrate my children's book for international sales which my publishing company automatically handles. SO, money is not my main objective and I will stay with this the rest of my life. Of course, I do love the variety of responses to rejection - I am a retired Psychotherapist. ... View more

I have submitted illustrations and found a crazy list offered for me to accept and check or reject. If one of my portraits has a strange hairstyle I often get something related to a hat, construction hard hat, football or something terribly unrelated. Sure, it is my pleasure to select better descriptive words. I often end up composing a completely new list. Communicating with the potential buyer selected and interesting descriptions is a skill that is worth developing. PR people do it well. JH ... View more

The one other possibility is that Adobe has enough of these photos and does not need yet another one. Your photo would need to be quite different to stand out. Regards, JH ... View more

Is this a public place or is it a private residence? Who owns it? Do you need model releases to publish photos of it? Or perhaps a signed release for you to use this image and sell copies of it? This is perhaps a legal problem that must be considered and solved. Read information from Adobe. Below the reason for rejection, there is a note saying "More Information" Click on it and read what comes into view. Best regards, JH ... View more

The guidelines I refer to can be found here -  in a note from Adobe which usually accompanies each rejected project. The more you study these helpful training and information pages, the more of your products are accepted. JH "To learn more about the type of content we're looking for, please visit this page": https://www.adobe.com/go/stock-contributor-help   ... View more

Personally, I like it. It is in perfect form. Balance. Maybe not enough contrast in the lighting - a bit too perfect. Aesthetic means characterized by strict discipline and firm restraint. Synonym = severe. So, how shall that apply here? Did you check the guidelines and information on Adobe information pages? JH ... View more

Why so many follow-up questions from selling artists? Just wondering as a new member? JH ... View more

One more idea-suggestion Mat, Maybe Adobe could make up a checklist to go along with the general rejection reason or heading  - so the reason is instantly understood. It would make things faster and easier to use and might avoid a lot of "why" questions follow-up. Referring photographer to Adobe training for beginners still leaves the artist with questions and misunderstanding rejection of each stock offering. Shall I send you a sample checklist or let the Adobe computers search for similar questions to make up the list from readers? JH ... View more

I can tell you I  have sent a few of this type of photo and each one was rejected for this "lack of aesthetic value." I finally accepted it's just not what the Adobe buyers want. The one you show here is interesting as mine was but we were both rejected for lack of appeal to customers. Keep going. Next time try putting the word abstract in the picture title line. Or just send the plain photo with no special filters or after effects. JH ... View more

Yes, the Adobe help live chat and taking over my computer,r with my consent always works for me. They can evaluate and troubleshoot with you and lead you through every step in real-time. This a fine service I can recommend. JH ... View more

Microsoft is fighting my other photo programs and puts my work in one of their quick fix photo apps. I must set the default on photo care again and again. Windows causes more problems with their updates. I re-sync these all the time. or nothing works right. JH ... View more

I love kids books, easy to put together and fun to see work in book form. Pays not bad either.  Glad to encourage artists. JH ... View more

Sorry, did not know the rejections were not all included. Just ignore what I said about those few pictures. The rest is still useful -  I hope. JH ... View more

These are difficult to express an exact reason for rejection, however, I will tell you what I see. I see a dog drawing that might have come from a photo of someone's dog. Is it yours? If not could the owner identify this picture as their dog? If so, a release is probably required. The next, a long-faced male drawing looks a good deal like one of the Harry Potter characters.  Questionable release - borderline. Next male picture is looking soo much like a ghostly Hitler outline and pose. Probably not, but one could imagine it is so. Also questionable. The big-eyed woman might also be identified with a well-known movie star of a while back. Betty Davis eyes.  Now the kitties? Not quite unique enough - could look like many other simplistic cartoon or sketches. The red-eyed one is less so but still easy to copy or come from any artist doodle sheet. A bunch of these floating around and probably not worth the risk of an infringement. I have a search engine that checks for text copyright infringement on my writings and I know many visual artists who tag their work for this sort of search to flag them if someone is using anything remotely resembling their art. If the first scan of a presented stock piece is set to detect these few things, it will sometimes kick it out before I finish posting it. So, I have to present original and market desired work for the defined Adobe clients. If I do a painting on my tablet with my stylus and it is photorealistic, I will likely get a request for a model release, even though there is no model -  it is made up from my imagination. Have you put your things and ideas into books or graphic novels form? I know children's book writers like this kind of art and you can submit them to authors looking for illustrators through various publishers. Best regards.JH ... View more

Your information certainly lets me understand what you are struggling with but my PC uses so many different processes, I fear to attempt to help you. The working marriage between Windows 10 and my apps require constant attention. Every single update or addition - which is automatic - jumbles so many things in my word program and my Adobe stuff that I schedule an automatic "fix-it day". Yes, it takes the whole day. I do uninstall and reinstalls and re-sync with windows and reset my preferences and select my defaults - again. I have even found a hidden "desktop" that seemed to steal files and hoard them.   I transfer files to safety.  then get rid of the extra desktop. It is a bit delicate operation and no great fun. Just necessary for now. This is certainly not a solution to your problem, it is only to say that updates from all directions come so often - this is something that should be one of our survival skills. Wishing you a smooth day. JH ... View more

Very funny. I do not drink. I want to keep my vision clear. I have a lot of difficulty with how other apps and servers and searcher engines mess up things with my computer so I have to sync. with them about every other week. Just be grateful, that is good for y our health. A friend. JH ... View more

Adobe is one of the most trustworthy companies I have ever worked with. Every year and step or class I have had them has always been more in value and information than expected. They are very pro artist/photographer and give more than they get in every exchange. Not good to hold the negative point of view - it does not help any situation. Adobe has your back. JH ... View more

I am not sure it is worthwhile to compare Adobe stock with other buyers. One company at a time is best for me. It is difficult to get all the preferences of each buyer clear. Also, things in the tech world are moving so fast what might works one week is not what is desired the next. We will all have to keep track of how we operate our businesses - no easy task. Good luck to all of us in the fastmoving times. JH ... View more

I found it helpful to re-read the beginner instructions again. I also go through many of the free tutorials. I also take notes. Can't hurt! JH ... View more

The idea is to allow a buyer to print or make a product that can be enlarged to huge sizes. A 300 DPI will not make it for this flexibility. JH ... View more

If this photo meets the sharpness @ 100% sharpness test, I think it might be a less than lovely bird. Audubon bird folk will love it. ... View more