Rejected Submission

[ElenR@i]

Hello!

One of the photos I submitted was rejected because of some technical issues. Could someone point those out for me, please?

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Hi Elen,

Beautiful mushroom. The concerns I have are:

what appears to be lens flair at the base of the vegetation to the right of the frame.

You seem to have a depth of field issue. While the mushroom seem to be in focus, you have an area of blur in the forefront. 

It is a bit underexposed, and the shadowy area is too dark.

Best wishes

JG

[ElenR@i]

Got it!

Thank you! 🙂

[ricky336 · Accepted solution]

You also have a slight yellow cast in the picture, so you should try to reduce the yellow a bit. I think the white balance is the wrong setting. Sometimes using the 'shade' setting makes the photo too yellow. I would also crop out the green out of focus bit of the plant.

[ElenR@i]

Ok, thank you 🙂 I'll try to fix it.

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

I agree with the following:

• The picture is too dark.
• A slight yellow cast is there, but do not correct too much.
• cropping: crop out a little bit of the foreground green out of focus blur.
• Lens flare: I don't see a lens flare.

All in all this is a nice picture.

[ElenR@i]

Thanks, so nice. That was a great help! 🙂

[jacquelingphoto2017]

This is what I saw at the base of the vegetation at the top right of the frame when I zoom.

Best wishes

JG

[ricky336]

PS - There isn't any lens flare in this photo.