Well I'll just let my $12.00 sit there since it's no where close to payout and if they go bankrupt...which at this rate they may very well be headed...I wouldn't be able to get it anyway. Hopefully maybe it'll jump up there for some weird reason and I'll actually get paid. This is my worst site BTW

i got the lighting rejection also...good to see im not alone 

Reply from 123rf:

"Hi there,

Connection problems could be a cause of this kind of situation whereby the images were not able to be uploaded completely. As for the rejection for an illustration without a release, we've managed to pinpoint the cause of it. The error was due to an overwritten approval reason by the system. The two images will be reversed from the rejection folder. We regret the glitch.

Regards,

123rf.com"

Might find it hard to reverse those as i have deleted some of the rejected images and simply uploaded them again.

Anyways.. enough about all that. Not sure i even understand the terminology of the reply.
Onwards and upwards.

it has taken me 12mths but i may hit payout this month at 123rf ,i will say this in favour of 123rf they do take images that other sites have rejected and for me they sell so i will keep uploading

Whoa... it just got even more interesting.  I just had five images accepted that certainly should have been rejected.  The lighting was terrible, underexposed and grainy.  They were mostly rejected at three other sites.  They are bad enough that I am seriously considering deleting them....maybe.  

I know... I should have checked them at 100% and did not ... until after they were rejected by Shutterstock.  Anyway, the inconsistency is worse than strict inspections.

ED:  I should have posted this in the "Lighting and Composition" thread but got confused.  I'm old, you know.