This picture of high voltage power lines cutting through the country side was rejected as follows:


Reason: ARTIFACT PROBLEMS: Noise/Grain/Chromatic Aberration/Fringing in image when viewed at 100%. Common causes include shooting in low light, using a high ISO, over-sharpening or other poor post-processing techniques. 

There might be a slighy amount of purple aberration around the lines, but not much.  I guess I should have applied some more filtering before uploading.

Cinnamon Apples

The bottom left of this cinnaomon coated apple picture is perfetly sharp, but the focus is lost as you go towards the upper right.  I should have shot this picture with a larger depth of field.

Two Pumpkins in a Wagon

I had to crop this picture of two pumpkins in a wagon quite a bit.  I was a bit too far away for my 28-135mm lens to get the picture at full frame.  There is no way the large stock photo site will take a picture that has been cropped this much even though many people would be very happy to use this stock photo.  As always the picture is posted here for you to use as you please for free.  Simply enter a comment here of where the picture is being used.

The Norweigian Gem in the Hudson River

It was really overcast this day when I saw the Norwegian Gem sailing down the Hudson River. I enhanced the picture quite a bit in Adobe Lightroom.  The river has a blue tint added and the sky a yellow tint.  I don't think the large stock photo companies would accept this photo for a number of reasons including the words Norwegian Gem and the NCL logo clearly visible in the photo.  Personally, I like the single bird that just happened to be in the shot.

Turtle on a log

This picture of a turtle on a log is almost perfect.  The head is just slightly out of focus if you make the picture very large.  There was almost no light so I had the aperture set at f/1.8.  This resulted in an extremely small depth of field.  I thought I could get the whole turtle, but I guess not.  It's so hard to tell on the camera screen.  I should have taken a couple pictures at various focus points and put them together later in photoshop.

Baltimore Inner Harbor Panoramic

 

 Here is a panoramic shot of the Baltimore Inner Harbor.  I did not submit this photo to the large stock photo sites because  you can clearly see the sign of the Rusty Scupper Restaurant as well as the names of many of the boats.  Most people who would want a picture like this would be happy to have these names in the shot, but I'm sure the stock photo place will say it can't be done.  So, like always, here's a great free stock photo for  you.  I hope you enjoy and comment here about where it is being used.

Restaurant Heilig Geist Spital at night

While I'm posting pictures that got rejected by the stock photo sites I should catch up on posting some photos that never even made it there in the first place.  This is a fantastic shot of the Heilig Geist Spital at night.  I put the camera down the canal bridge railing and set the self timer to take this shot.  Unfortunately, I suspect that the stock photo site will say this type of photograph can not be used for commercial purposes so I'll just post it here instead.

Jaws of life

REJECTED:  Reason: FOCUS ISSUE: Image is not in focus when viewed at 100% or the focus is not on the main subject. NO MODEL RELEASE: Every recognizable person in this image must have a signed release uploaded and linked accordingly.

First, the only thing out of focus in this image is the background and that was on purpose.  The fireman is crisp as can be.  Second, I picked a photo where you can't see the person's face so I wouldn't need a release.  The large stock photo companies loss is your gain.  Have fun with this great picture of a fireman holding the jaws of life.

Fire Horn

I've got two great free photos for you today fresh off the decline pile at one of those large stock photo websites.  Sometimes I think they get their joys on giving out rejects for no good reason.  This photo was declined for "Reason: POTENTIAL COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARK/PRIVACY INFRINGEMENT: Image cannot be licensed commercially and is not suitable for Editorial purposes. Restricted subject matter could include: private property without a release, copyrighted art, visible logos, vehicle license plate, etc. "
I find it hard to believe the letter F can be a trademark.  Use the photo for anything you want, but be warned I don't have a release so it is at your own risk if the "F" police come after you.

I thought I did a good job with this photo.  The stock photo web site did not seem to agree.  DECLINED Reason: JAGGED EDGES/POOR ISOLATION: Aliasing/Anti-Aliasing issues, Clipping Path or poor isolation techniques

Front end loader clearing snow

This shot of a front end loader clearing snow was taken with a canon XSi camera and enhanced in GIMP under windows.  I thought it was a pretty nice photo and would be good on the stock photo sites.  Unfortunately, it was rejected as noted under the image.

Reason: Potential copyright / trademark / privacy issue with photo (could be: copyrighted art, visible logo, license plate number, etc) sorry...

Apple Pie

I took this apple pie image at an odd angle so I didn't submit it anywhere.  I might try to fix it in photoshop, but the cut off plate will make it hard.