Wednesday, October 21, 2009

London River Thames Panoramic

River Thames Panoramic
This panoramic of the River Thames in London was rejected for Artifact Problems: Noise/Grain/Chromatic or other artifacts due to low light, blue or purple fringing, high ISO, over-sharpening or post processing techniques. Please view image at 100% prior to submission.  I actually should have caught this one before I uploaded it.  I took these images that were sticked together out o fthe london eye and you can see some distortion from the capsule glass in the lower right hand side of the picture.  Nevertheless, I still like the shot.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Prince Edward Island Mouse Statue

Mouse Statue
I thought for sure this photo would be accepted.  I think this is a great shot of a small mouse statue that is used to mark interesting landmarks on Prince Edward Island.  I guess the stock photo site didn't agree. Here's the rejection notice:
"Low interest subject: Probably little demand/selling potential for this image. Try for more marketable shots. thanks"
I hope you can help prove them wrong by downloading this photo and commenting here on how you used it.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Apple Crisp - Half Eaten

Apple Crisp
I'm personally rejecting this photo of a half eaten apple crisp before I even upload it to the stock photo sites.  Don't get me wrong, the apple crisp was really good, but the photo just didn't work out.  It looks like it's just a pile of good so no need to get a rejection notice on this one.  Perhaps you can use the photo for something though.  If you do, I would love to see you post your use here.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Buckingham Palace Archway closed

Buckingham Palace Archway Closed
I took this picture of a sign in Buckingham palace while waiting for the changing of the guard.  I thought it was pretty funny to see an "archway closed" sign in front of the palace, but I guess the people at the stock photo site didn't agree.  Here's their rejecection notice: "Snapshot composition: This image is more of a snapshot than a marketable stock image. Overall problems can include poor lighting, poor composition, non-interesting subject matter, etc."  Post your thoughts on the image here.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Original Lighthouse Picture - Before Editing

Light House
Here's the original lighthouse picture before I messed with the colors and ran some noise reduction filters. What do you think? It this better or worse than the picture I submitted to the stock photo site? Anything I should have done differently on the edited version?

Friday, October 16, 2009

Rejected: Prince Edward Island Lighthouse, photoshop version

Light House
This photo of a light house on Prince Edward Island, Canada was rejected for "Image is not very crisp or is blurred when viewed at full size."  Again, I played with the image a lot in photoshop (well, gimp actually) before uploading it.  I'll post the original out of the camera image later and then you can comment on which one you like better.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Atlantic City Panoramic



This Panoramic of Atlantic City New Jersey was rejected for "Image is too dark or too light, not properly exposed. You may be able to try using 'Levels' control in Photoshop to fix depending on how bad the issue is. Thanks."  Funny thing is this image is actually adjusted in photoshop.  I didn't like the colors right out of the camera.  I wonder if it would have been accepted if I didn't adjust it.  The image was taken from the 4th floor of the Tropicana parking garage

5 Photos Uploaded, only 1 accepted

Today was a bad day for stock photo posting.  I uploaded 5 new photos to one of those stock photo websites I mentioned that I use and only 1 was accepted.  Here's the first rejected photo.  It's of a sign on Prince Edward Island in Canada that said "Whale Skull" located in a garden.  I thought it looked interesting.  The photo was rejected for "Image is not very crisp or is blurred when viewed at full size."  Let me know what you think by commenting on this post.  I'll post the rest of the rejects soon.


Sunday, October 11, 2009

Prince Edward Island Panoramic


Here's another Panoramic.  This one is of Price Edward Island in Canada shot from a boat looking towards the shoreline. Rejected with comments: "Image has artifacts and blurriness at 100%"

Boston Panoramic


I love shooting Panoramics.  This one I shot in Boston was rejected for "Dull, lifeless color: Colors are dull or lackluster. Sometimes this can be fixed using some saturation boost in Photoshop"

Boston University Bridge Sign


This sign at the corner of BU Bridge and Commonweath Ave on the Boston University Campus was rejected for "Artifact Problems: Noise/Grain/Chromatic or other artifacts due to low light, blue or purple fringing, high ISO, over-sharpening or post processing techniques. Please view image at 100% prior to submission"

Boston College Sign

This shot of a sign at the entrace to Boston College was rejected for "Potential copyright / trademark / privacy issue with photo (could be: copyrighted art, visible logo, license plate number, etc) sorry..."