What about this
Rejection Reason:
"Trademark--Image potentially infringes on intellectual property rights."

What about this
Rejection Reason:
"Trademark--Image potentially infringes on intellectual property rights."

Whoa, ridiculous. I just saw another post about inconsistent reviewing.  This seems to be pandemic... We ought to do something since this wastes a lot of time.

the lollypop is most likely too small in the frame. If you have too much white space, the buyer end up with only a very small image once its lifted from the background. Crop the white space and it should be ok.

Ron, it is already cropped the background is just white so it looks square. : ( If I crop a bit more it will not be usable as-is when bought. I will try anyways, thanks.

What about this
Rejection Reason:
"Trademark--Image potentially infringes on intellectual property rights."

it could (very unlikely) be a trademark, but if you add a side note, ot explain in the title, where you got it from, it may get in

We always need to complain when we have unfair rejections
Systematically!

And not only complain, but sent them the links on msg forum where people complain.

Only in this way they will (maybe) understand that we are not happy of these continuous inconsistent rejections and that they have a problem with some inspectors not doing their job correctly.

For 0,33 or 0,36 per image we can claim more respect!

Fundamentally we pay them (a lot) to make a bad work�
It is not fair!

maybe reviewer just do not like you personally?

 

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=134469

Now if you do as stated in the above link you will get the answers you need.

Post here and follow the posting instructions.

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=134469

Now if you do as stated in the above link you will get the answers you need.

Post here and follow the posting instructions.

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

Ruxpriencdiam, Thanks! I've seen it but I'm not asking for that kind of help and I'm way past newb period. I teach occasionally so I know what I'm doing.

The landscape was taken with 24-105L at f/11 on 5D3 I know it's not the sharpest lens but it is generally acceptable. I could use f/16 but that's asking for diffraction. There's no camera shake. Dust particles are removed with cpl.

It's just that there're some reviewers who love reject button rampage. If I were to submit it again it would likely be accepted. I know this because I have done before but it wastes a lot of time. Time that I should be uploading more images. There used to be weird rejections in the past but it's a bit too much now.  SS may be trying to cut down new files but this is not the right way.

What I'm doing is "complaining" hoping to get some attentions, some changes.

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on January 09, 2014, 08:59

We always need to complain when we have unfair rejections
Systematically!

And not only complain, but sent them the links on msg forum where people complain.

Only in this way they will (maybe) understand that we are not happy of these continuous inconsistent rejections and that they have a problem with some inspectors not doing their job correctly.

For 0,33 or 0,36 per image we can claim more respect!



Fundamentally we pay them (a lot) to make a bad work�
It is not fair!

Respect?

Wellcome to the commercial world, where people suck eachothers blood. There is no such thing as respect it is all about power, and we contributers are powerless.

it compares to grow tomatoes for the market.
Sometimes the weather is bad, there can even be frost, sometimes conditions are good and everybody grows a lot of tomatoes and bring them to the market.
But on the market they can only sell so and so much.
Sometimes the customers buy peppers and pineables instead of tomatoes.
Sometimes there is a fungus.
But worst is, when the market is manipulated and 5 tomato farmers bring their supertomatos in. And everybody else is left at the city gates with their tomatoes to rot.
The stockphotography world is the real world, there is supercompetition, pirates, and fungus.

Its all random, and you have to be both lucky and clever to play a role.

More lucky than clever, that is sad.
And power and respect? you wont ever get as long as there are 3 billion cameras out there and only 3 agencies.
Buy shares in copper mines instead.

It is too much easy to do nothing� and then invoque the reason that we cannot do nothing� to continue to do nothing�
Fatalitas�

The world goes like this because too much people think in this way and always accept the status quo.
History is full of terrible examples of this�

And telling that we cannot do nothing or cannot change it, we will surely not change nothing�

If you want the respect that they don't give you, you have to fight to get it, it has always been like this from the beginnings of times.
If you don't fight to get it you don't even deserve it, and you have absolutely no right to complain then.

If you don't fight to get respect you don't even respect yourself.
And it is more important to fight to claim the respect you deserve than to get the respect itself, because this makes the difference between to be a free human or to be a slave (or an animal).

It is a question of dignity, when you lose your dignity you lose your humanity.

_____
About luck� did you never notice that the persons having more luck are always the same?

_____
I will buy rare metals shares, it is better than cooper

Quote from: JPSDK on January 09, 2014, 09:22

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on January 09, 2014, 08:59

We always need to complain when we have unfair rejections
Systematically!

And not only complain, but sent them the links on msg forum where people complain.

Only in this way they will (maybe) understand that we are not happy of these continuous inconsistent rejections and that they have a problem with some inspectors not doing their job correctly.

For 0,33 or 0,36 per image we can claim more respect!



Fundamentally we pay them (a lot) to make a bad work�
It is not fair!

Respect?

Wellcome to the commercial world, where people suck eachothers blood. There is no such thing as respect it is all about power, and we contributers are powerless.

it compares to grow tomatoes for the market.
Sometimes the weather is bad, there can even be frost, sometimes conditions are good and everybody grows a lot of tomatoes and bring them to the market.
But on the market they can only sell so and so much.
Sometimes the customers buy peppers and pineables instead of tomatoes.
Sometimes there is a fungus.
But worst is, when the market is manipulated and 5 tomato farmers bring their supertomatos in. And everybody else is left at the city gates with their tomatoes to rot.
The stockphotography world is the real world, there is supercompetition, pirates, and fungus.

Its all random, and you have to be both lucky and clever to play a role.

More lucky than clever, that is sad.
And power and respect? you wont ever get as long as there are 3 billion cameras out there and only 3 agencies.
Buy shares in copper mines instead.

It is too much easy to do nothing� and then invoque the reason that we cannot do nothing� to continue to do nothing�
Fatalitas�

The world goes like this because too much people think in this way and always accept the status quo.
History is full of terrible examples of this�

And telling that we cannot do nothing or cannot change it, we will surely not change nothing�

If you want the respect that they don't give you, you have to fight to get it, it has always been like this from the beginnings of times.
If you don't fight to get it you don't even deserve it, and you have absolutely no right to complain then.

If you don't fight to get respect you don't even respect yourself.
And it is more important to fight to claim the respect you deserve than to get the respect itself, because this makes the difference between to be a free human or to be a slave (or an animal).

It is a question of dignity, when you lose your dignity you lose your humanity.

_____
About luck� did you never notice that the persons having more luck are always the same?

_____
I will buy rare metals shares, it is better than cooper

yes we should fight. But it is not easy on the net, there are too many screw breakers.
I fought istock at d-day, but many people didnt, and i still see new people come here for advice to how to get in. And they get that advice. We are not united, so we cannt put any pressure on them.

It might be more honest to have a category that says "I'm not really that keen on the picture which is technically Ok but doesn't enhance the site's content" after all with over 20m pics they can afford to be picky

It might be more honest to have a category that says "I'm not really that keen on the picture which is technically Ok but doesn't enhance the site's content" after all with over 20m pics they can afford to be picky

Exactly!!

Quote from: JPSDK on January 09, 2014, 09:22

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on January 09, 2014, 08:59

We always need to complain when we have unfair rejections
Systematically!

And not only complain, but sent them the links on msg forum where people complain.

Only in this way they will (maybe) understand that we are not happy of these continuous inconsistent rejections and that they have a problem with some inspectors not doing their job correctly.

For 0,33 or 0,36 per image we can claim more respect!



Fundamentally we pay them (a lot) to make a bad work�
It is not fair!

Respect?

Wellcome to the commercial world, where people suck eachothers blood. There is no such thing as respect it is all about power, and we contributers are powerless.

it compares to grow tomatoes for the market.
Sometimes the weather is bad, there can even be frost, sometimes conditions are good and everybody grows a lot of tomatoes and bring them to the market.
But on the market they can only sell so and so much.
Sometimes the customers buy peppers and pineables instead of tomatoes.
Sometimes there is a fungus.
But worst is, when the market is manipulated and 5 tomato farmers bring their supertomatos in. And everybody else is left at the city gates with their tomatoes to rot.
The stockphotography world is the real world, there is supercompetition, pirates, and fungus.

Its all random, and you have to be both lucky and clever to play a role.

More lucky than clever, that is sad.
And power and respect? you wont ever get as long as there are 3 billion cameras out there and only 3 agencies.
Buy shares in copper mines instead.

It is too much easy to do nothing� and then invoque the reason that we cannot do nothing� to continue to do nothing�
Fatalitas�

The world goes like this because too much people think in this way and always accept the status quo.
History is full of terrible examples of this�

And telling that we cannot do nothing or cannot change it, we will surely not change nothing�

If you want the respect that they don't give you, you have to fight to get it, it has always been like this from the beginnings of times.
If you don't fight to get it you don't even deserve it, and you have absolutely no right to complain then.

If you don't fight to get respect you don't even respect yourself.

And it is more important to fight to claim the respect you deserve than to get the respect itself, because this makes the difference between to be a free human or to be a slave (or an animal).

It is a question of dignity, when you lose your dignity you lose your humanity.

_____
About luck� did you never notice that the persons having more luck are always the same?

_____
I will buy rare metals shares, it is better than cooper

I completely agree, we are not powerless unless we choose to give away our power!