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Hello,
I would like to ask you if you can explain me the reason why my picture was not accepted.
Bird Food --> Image ID: 561076
The reason was 'Composition'.
I have already uploaded it one rime with the wrong orientation and had it rejected. After asking I discovered that you have to rotate it in the good direction by yourself. After doing it, I re-uploaded it, but get rejected with the same reason.
I would appreciate to know something more about the reasons.
Thank you very much.
All the best,
Michael
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nataq
Voesendorf, Austria
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Hi Michael,
I hope you don´t mind me being honest ;).
This image rather looks like a snapshot than a well composed image.
The background is distracting from the foreground and the colors of the lights (natural light of the evening and the flashlight) don´t match.
The motive itself might not attract too many buyers, so it might be better to not shoot some sort of things. I know how great it is to start shooting for stock and upload many many images because sure there will be a use for it some time somehow. But hey, it´s all about money and one sale here and one sale there doesn´t make a huge difference. Try to find the really big sellers (keywords), go out and find your motive and shoot it. What you will experience is not only a better acceptance ratio, but also a huuuuuge increase of sales.
I myself have stopped shooting things from which I think they will hardly sell. My family sometimes doesn´t understand, but it is a huge lot of work to convert the raw files, look through all of those images and postprocess - keyword them, etc.. Use the time you save to go out and shoot the big sellers.
Hope this was rather motivating than demotivating ;)
Good luck with it,
Wolfgang
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Hi Wolfgang,
thank you very much for your explanation, time and motivating advices :).
I do not mind to be honest :). I simply ask, because I would like to know something more about the motivations of the rejection. Until now I get a lot of good comments and advices. I just hope to put them correctly in practice.
Concerning the image, it was not my intention to shoot it like a snapshot. After taking it I was quite surprised by the details of the food for birds. Therefore I have thought that it could have been a rather good picture :). Anyway, you are right, the background is a bit too strong and distracting.
In winter it is not always easy to take good pictures. The light is insufficient and the colors sometimes dull. Personally, I do not want to consider photography just like a summer work, but rather explore different situations and shooting ways. I enjoy taking pictures (like a second work) and if sometime I could earn some money, then I am happy. Especially because it will help me buying some good lens or other equipments :).
I am also beginning to understand that a good picture does not make always a stock picture. In the beginning I was much more disappointed and stressed when a picture of mine was rejected. Now, I just take any rejection as a way to learn something more.
My family also is not so happy when I spend too much time taking pictures or thereafter. But most of the time I arrive to organize myself and find enough time for my work, family and photography :).
Thanks again for your help.
All the best
Michael
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nataq
Voesendorf, Austria
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Hey Michael,
I´m glad you took it as it was meant.
Yes, winter is definitely not the best season for stock photography - except you have a studio, or you live in an area with lots of snowfalls ;-).
With your attitude I´m sure there will be some new lenses and cameras paid by stockphotography in the future ;-).
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Hi Wolfgang,
thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately, my home is not located in a region with a lot of snowfall. Anyway, there are some possibilities to move to more interesting snow/sky regions :).
Until now my start with stock photography was not so good, but I know that I have to work on my skills to improve them and found my way between stock and photography. I have remarked that there is a lot of good photographers :).
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Michael
PS. And....I also need a new flash....:D
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well Crestock sucks that is why
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I've always applauded Crestock's open forum where contributors and buyers can leave comments, kudos, and even constructive criticisms... it's just unfortunate that unproductive comments such as this get entered.
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Pato
Bariloche, Rio Negro Argentina, Argentina
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Reading this Forum, I found out that would be interesting to use more words when the photo is rejected. So in this way, we can learn in each rejected photo, and improve our stocks.
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We agree, Pato.
Rather than using more words just in the rejection reasons though, the inspection team is working on some tutorial style material with heaps of examples of how to change those rejections into approvals.
We're working on that as much as we can, but right now the inspections are keeping us pretty busy.
All the best,
Josh Hodge
The Crestock Team
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