Quote from: jarih on March 12, 2015, 13:59
Today 100% rejected of 25 images.

Those images, approval:
SS      0%
FT      96%
BS      100%
IS      100%
DT      .. still waiting approval
123RF   100%
CS      100%
VEER   100%
and so on ...

I sent complaint about two weeks ago.. how much time on average, those going..

Same situation.
I am a contributor from 2010.
From 2010 to 2014 i used to have 10-20% rejection rate (with pertinent reasons - shadows, soft colours).
From 2014 to 2015 i have inconsistency on this rate. Days with 95% approval rate and days with 95% rejection rate. The same type of images (travel), the same editing (saturation, shadows, sharpness/noise reduction).

Poor light?

natural light, especially late afternoon light seems to be routinely flagged as 'poor lighting'

Hi,

first post after lurking and learning for over a year.

To pass on a story of my own - I have been getting terrible stats from Shutterstock for a couple of months.

Checking everything in Lightroom before exporting to JPG  - what can go wrong (apart from original quality of course)?

Only this morning, looking into something else, I realised that following a computer rebuild Lightroom was exporting at 60% quality, not 100%.

Rejected for focus

Same here...... usually 95-99 % acceptance rate everywhere & Shutterstock, and when you never suspect it....booommm....80%- rejection. Well..... part of the game but frustrating. Obviously it would be great if there would be some control over those Attilas that leave no grass under their feet. It should be easy as they are easily detected by their shotgun approach and massive damage . I guess their menu of the day was undercooked and someone had to pay for it. 

Quote from: SLStudios on May 16, 2014, 22:58
Man, the last two weeks have been rough at SS for me. Everything I have tried to get in my portfolio has been kicked back at me and for stuff I feel like has not changed. Recently I am hearing that my images are out of focus and I know they are not. I check them close at 100% but still they are kicking my butt on this.

Anyone else seeing this? SS is the only place I have sold much lately so it is discouraging, to say the least.

nope, had that problem only on Pond5 so far ;)

Quote from: stuttershock on April 04, 2015, 21:35

Quote from: SLStudios on May 16, 2014, 22:58
Man, the last two weeks have been rough at SS for me. Everything I have tried to get in my portfolio has been kicked back at me and for stuff I feel like has not changed. Recently I am hearing that my images are out of focus and I know they are not. I check them close at 100% but still they are kicking my butt on this.

Anyone else seeing this? SS is the only place I have sold much lately so it is discouraging, to say the least.

nope, had that problem only on Pond5 so far

For your free time only...trust me, you are not lonely!

http://www.microstockgroup.com/pond5/my-recent-experience-with-pond5-never-ever-using-them-again/

100% rejections,as reason they give blurry/out of focus. Trust me those pics are 100% sharp. Some crazy reviewers!

The same thing happen to me today. (1) image approved with the same outdoor setting out of 12.  All others rejected for not in focus.  These images were all approved at another top well know site.

First you need to have a conversation with God about the lighting and then, consider the shadows in those windows. You should have a unit behind each one of them, to fill. I think I see some shadows behind the "Shrubbery" as well. 

Honest, there should be standards but there should also be some leeway for natural lighting!

Only other alternative is - limit your shooting to Sunny overcast days. No really, it's getting to that point with some of these lighting rejections for natural light? Or maybe everything HDR, subtle 1/2 stop, not dramatic, high contrast.

Quote from: photostockad on April 01, 2015, 12:37
Poor light?

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So after two batches of 95% approval, I just get about 98% rejected on a batch of 52 images for focus. Its simply not true. I am really getting tired of this. 

What  find weird is that SS admins defend reviews in a very strange way.

You get 3 rejections on one image, for example, composition, noise and focus, and you explain that the 3 reasons are incorrect. The admin will say, yes composition, noise and focus is fine, but its under exposed therefore the review was correct.

Today not approved 100% af 19 pics. All for the focus 

Noise and focus

This is 100% zoom

Quote from: CuorerouC on April 06, 2015, 18:58
Today not approved 100% af 19 pics. All for the focus 

Something is up, and I think its software with very tight parameters on focus.  I am downsizing all my images now, 4.1mp is what they will get.

Quote from: Semmick Photo on April 06, 2015, 19:11

Quote from: CuorerouC on April 06, 2015, 18:58
Today not approved 100% af 19 pics. All for the focus 

Something is up, and I think its software with very tight parameters on focus.  I am downsizing all my images now, 4.1mp is what they will get.

Maybe it's better upload only downsized images until they are back in the business,  I will downsize all to 6Mpx.

In the Submission Guidelines of SS there is this written "Do send full-sized images. Don't upsize or downsize images." 

Quote from: Semmick Photo on April 06, 2015, 19:10
Noise and focus

This is 100% zoom

That's just comical  ~ these reviewers need to go rest their eyes for a bit 

You have to downsize images, I have panoramas wont go through because they are too big.

Everyone is downsizing, even cropping is downsizing. I dont know many people submitting full size 36mp images. They all downsize.

Its a guideline, not a requirement.

Upsizing is  different ballgame, I never upsize.

Quote from: CuorerouC on April 07, 2015, 12:24
In the Submission Guidelines of SS there is this written "Do send full-sized images. Don't upsize or downsize images."

Thanks Semmick 

Don'T know what's wrong with SS reviewer this week. I never had this kind of rejection. The first time, they said I had a french word in my description (shepherd's pie so I wrote pate chinois this is how we call it in Canada). Ok fine, I resubmit, and now its the white balance for the same image ... ! What's gonna be next ? you don't like my food ? haha

Quote from: Semmick Photo on April 07, 2015, 12:38
You have to downsize images, I have panoramas wont go through because they are too big.

Everyone is downsizing, even cropping is downsizing. I dont know many people submitting full size 36mp images. They all downsize.

Its a guideline, not a requirement.

Upsizing is  different ballgame, I never upsize.

Quote from: CuorerouC on April 07, 2015, 12:24
In the Submission Guidelines of SS there is this written "Do send full-sized images. Don't upsize or downsize images."

No size limit for photos, have told people this before.

Quote from: Vincent ShutterstockJeff,

Were these jpegs rejected for being too large or couldn't you upload them because of the size? There is no size limitation for photos, but larger images can have issues uploading due to their size (depending on ISP, connection, time, etc.)

Vincent
Shutterstock

Ah, I am sorry, I didnt read the internet this morning.

Even though their manual keywording is a pain I am moving away from SS and uploading to Getty more and more.  I am getting sick and tired of ridiculous rejections for no good reason at SS.