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.

Helipad over Water

rejected for "Reason: Dull, lifeless color: Colors are dull or lackluster. Sometimes this can be fixed using some saturation boost in Photoshop."

Boardwalk Construction

I love taking pictures of construction projects.  Unfortunately, it seems the stock photo sites don't like to accept photos of construction projects.  This photo of boardwalk replacement in Atlantic City, NJ was rejected as follows:
Reason: 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.

Atlantic City Panoramic Take 2

Here is another Atlantic City Panoramic.  This one is shot with a Canon XSi camera and is much sharper than the previous image I uploaded to the stock photo site.  Unfortunately, a different excuse was used to not accept the picture this time:
Potential copyright / trademark / privacy issue with photo (could be: copyrighted art, visible logo, license plate number, etc) sorry...

Interestingly, there are plenty of photos on the site where building names are visible so I think your luck on who is doing the photo evaluation goes a long way in having a photo accepted. 

Well, since it was rejected it's yours free now. The uploaded picture is over 40 MP.

Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum - Enterprise Space Shuttle

The Udvar-Hazy center of the National Air & Space Museum system has a sign as your walk in that says photography permitted for non commercial purposes only.  So, I guess that means I can't submit them to the stock photo sites.  I'll share them here for you for free as always, but your use on these will have to be limited to comply with the Air & Space Museum rules.  

Hippie Bus

This sho tof a Hippie Bus was rejected for "Potential copyright / trademark / privacy issue with photo (could be: copyrighted art, visible logo, license plate number, etc) sorry..."  I suppose I could try to edit out the license plate, but given it's a vanity plate and not a real plate I didn't think that would be a problem when I sumitted it to the stock photo site.  Rather than trying again, I figured I would just post it here for your free use.  Again, just comment on the posting if you plan on using the picture somewhere.  No other payment is required.  Thanks!

Inside the Nuremberg Castle Tower

Here's a cool shot looking up from inside the bottom of the Nuremberg Castle Tower in Germany.  It was extremely dark in this tower so the shot came out a bit grainy -  espcially considering I only had my canon SD790IS point and shoot camera with me.  Nonetheless, at smaller sizes I think you might still be able to use this free stock photo for something.

Penn State Beaver Stadium

This photo is from the Penn State / Syracuse game in October 2009.  I came so close to getting all the letters in Penn State.  I need a better camera with a little less shutter lag.  Trying to figure out how much to lead a bunch of running cheerleaders to compensate is not that easy!

Nuremberg Panoramic

Here's a panoramic shot from my trip to Nuremberg, Germany shot from the top of the castle tower.  Unfortunately, I can't upload this one to the stock photo sites either due to the rain.  Hopefully you enjoy it and post here how you have used my free photos.

Restaurant Heilig Geist Spital

This photo is of the outside of Restaurant Heilig Geist Spital in Nürnberg, Germany.  Unfortunately, it was raining the day I was there and you can see the rain making streaks through the photo if you zoom in at 100%.  I think the photo still looks good at the sizes most would look at it, but it certainly won't be accepted by any stock photo sites.  As always, all you need to do to use this photo free is post a comment here.

Wedding Table Cards

I thought for sure this photo would be accepted.  Most of my other photos were shot with a nikon P80.  I figured the exif data was one of the things they were using to reject my pictures so I uploaded this shot of wedding table cards.  Data for this photo is as follows:
Make NIKON CORPORATION Model NIKON D80

Aperture Value f/5 Color Space sRGB
Exposure Bias Value 0 EV Exposure Program Unknown: 0
Flash No Flash Focal Length 38 mm
ISO 200 Metering Mode Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value 1/100 sec Date/Time Sun 28 Jun 2009 04:33:38 PM EDT
Orientation Normal (O deg) Resolution Unit Inch
X Resolution 300 dots per ResolutionUnit Y Resolution 300 dots per ResolutionUnit
Compression Jpeg Compression Contrast 0
Exposure Mode 0 Saturation 0
Scene Type Directly Photographed Sharpness 0

Unfortunately, the rejection from the stock photo site I got was:
Blurry: Image is not very crisp or is blurred when viewed at full size.
 
It's yours now for free.  As always, just comment here if you use the photo someplace or if you have any suggestions to make it better.

London 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.