Low quality photo

XellosKram-PGO

My nomination for my pokestop is not approve because of low quality photo and eligible . I poor, I don't have a good quality cellphone and my province are not fully developed but slowly improving..

Hosette-ING

Can you share the photo?

It may not be about the quality of your phone's camera but rather the way in which you took the photo. If the phone was tilted, if you were **** into the sun or had a lot of reflection, if you framed it badly, if you moved and the photo was blurry... all of those things could cause someone to reject the submission for a low-quality photo.

I've uploaded two photos as examples. BinionsPortal.jpg is a photo that I submitted in January 2014, at which point all phones had garbage cameras compared to even a couple of years later. That technical quality of this photo would still be acceptable today. The other one, PirateStatue.jpg, was taken a couple of years later. It is just a horrendous photo-- blurry, low-contrast, and you can barely **** what it is. I'm embarrassed to even post it, and I would easily reject it as low-quality if I saw it today.

PirateStatue.jpg

BinionsPortal.jpg

Xmacke7x-ING

Those photos you posted do not follow under low quality photos. They are perfectly fine. They are neither black or blurry nor are they taken from a car.

Since I got my new cellphone I hade a few share of rejections because of photo quality, too. Some cellphones just do not have good cameras to take good pictures. But hey should be fine anyway

Hosette-ING

@Xmacke7x-ING Outside of Niantic's rules I would declare the pirate statue objectively a right proper piece of garbage photo. (My bona fides: my photography has graced the walls of several art galleries and shows.)

Reviewers often follow their own internal judgement about certain things, and it's easy to imagine that the pirate statue (which was taken from inside my car, IIRC, though there's no way to tell that from the photo) would be rejected for low quality. Even though I know exactly what the object is it's hard for me to recognize it from that photo except at the very highest resolution. "Eh, I think I can figure out what it is if I really look carefully" is less likely to get accepted than photos that present the subject well.

(Edited because "I think I can m-a-k-e o-u-t" got eaten by the forum's filters.)

Gendgi-PGO

Photo quality is extremely subjective. Besides the reasons Hosette mentioned above, reviewers will often also reject for "low quality photo" when the potential candidate is not framed well or the primary focus of the photo. Sometimes these rejections are (at least in my opinion) wrong, but in the end it is the majority voice who rejected it or at least gave it low enough score not to pass.

If you did post your photo, we could provide better feedback on ways you can improve your photos.

Just a few general suggestions to start:

• Clean lense. People don't always realize their camera lenses are dirty. Check to see if there is dust or finger grime in the way and clean it if necessary.
• Make sure your photos don't even have appearance of being taken from the car. It isn't uncommon that I'll take photos from my car, but I make sure the image is appropriately zoomed to be in best possible focus and has none of my car in frame.
• Make sure the lighting of the day is appropriate. This is difficult for me because I work alternative hours, but adjusting exposure on your phone can help.
• Adjust resolution. Find a balance that creates a clear and quality photo without taking too much data drain.
• Centered and in framed well. In most cases, your primary photo should highlight the candidate in about 80% of the picture, centered and without too much "distracting" detail in the background. This can be tricky with things like athletic fields without signage, but choosing to focus on a goalpost or backstop as the "anchor" may help.

XellosKram-PGO

Thank you for to your tips, big help for beginners Like me to take a picture for a good quality photo