A short while ago I uploaded a shot to iStock of a building with a large Closing down sale banner on it, it got rejected with the reason 'text could blend in better', not my fault I thought so I uploaded it again, you guessed it, rejected again for the same reason with a comment from the reviewer about using the resubmit option so I presume it was the same person as the first time.
And I thought they liked the shots straight from the camera, or maybe I should find the and blame the sign writer!
Sometimes you just can't win

Original that they rejected:


And here's the version I played with that they accepted:

Yes, the second version is way more useful to designers. Check back in with us in a few weeks and let us know which is selling better.

I also sell a lot of images with text and they do very well on DT, SS, StockXpert, BigStock and 123RF but IS seems to want those text free images to sell as templates. No problem, as long as I can upload them somewhere. The seasonal graphics with text would be something I would miss doing if I ever went exclusive at IS (not in the near future) since they don't take these.