Daleaholic From UK - England, joined Oct 2005, 3186 posts, RR: 15 Posted (7 years 1 month 16 hours ago) and read 1508 times:
OK, well I took this on 8th April when I was going to Spain from T1 at MAN. I just spent quite a while getting rid of the big pole which pretty much ruins the photo. I tried my best... What do you think?
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I noticed the reflections only today Oh well I suppose it will happen If I take photo's through windows. Also, can anybody possibly tell me the first two letters on the registration?
Thanks
Paul
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Glennstewart From Australia, joined Jun 2003, 1124 posts, RR: 56 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 11 hours ago) and read 1452 times:
Hi Paul,
Thanks for submitting your shots to the forums. This is the perfect place to start towards finally getting shots accepted. And to be honest, you're at the place where some of us were when we first started - the learning curve is steep, but possible to climb.
Unfortunately being at the start of your journey, looking at this photo through screener eyes reveals a fair list of rejection reasons. Don't worry, you're not unique in this category. I see photographer's first batch of attempts all the time. You're at least visiting the forums where a screener like me can pull you up on the reasons personally rather than receiving a huge email of rejections.
In addition, there is many a photographer on this forum who would be happy to lend a helping hand towards improving on both elements of the photography and editing of the shot.
As I said.... a steep learning curve, but once you get to the top, you'll be mastering our wonderful hobby of aviation photography
Now for some helpful hints (albeit the short version):
3. Take time to know your camera, your surroundings and the local spotters:
- Best time and locations to shoot at your local airport
- Best settings for your camera
- Get to know your local spotters and get hints from fellow photographers
4. Shoot with particular subjects in mind
- Start with easy all inclusive shots
- Try not to shoot common aircraft
- Refrain from shooting during bad weather initially
5. Edit, edit, edit
- The second half of getting a shot accepted is all in the edit
- Ensure correct colours, contrast and exposure
- Ensure rotation of shot is level
- Ensure shot is cropped and resized
- Ensure shot is sharpened
Okay - these are the basic, now let me turn to the rejection reasons on the shot above
Glenn
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Glennstewart From Australia, joined Jun 2003, 1124 posts, RR: 56 Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 month 11 hours ago) and read 1442 times:
ANGLE - Ever so slight correction in angle required
BLURRY - It is blurry COLOUR - The photo is green. In real life, aircraft don't look like this. This looks like it may have been shot through tinted glass. Even by doing so, colours may often be corrected to compensate (albeit hard to do). CONTRAST - More contrast required DISTANCE - You could crop tighter or use longer telephoto lenses to get closer to aircraft GRAINY - High ISO noise is visible. This is either due to using a consumer point and shoot digital, scanning (unlikely) a high ISO film/slide or using a higher ISO setting than required. Try to shoot at the lowest possible ISO setting in well lit conditions. MOTIVE - You should shoot without clutter in this case. Why shoot with from this position given the aircraft is covered? QUALITY - Overall there are far too many flaws in the shot to allow acceptance. SOFT - This shot has a soft appearance. Unfortunately noise/grain should be resolved before sharpening because sharpening often increases the appearance of grain.
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These rejection reasons are as I have noted and are related purely to the image. In addition, there are other rejection reasons related to the information added to the shot. If information isn't correct, a perfectly good shot in all visible content could still be rejected for category or informational reasons.
Kindest Regards,
Glenn Stewart
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Daleaholic From UK - England, joined Oct 2005, 3186 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 3 hours ago) and read 1409 times:
Quoting Glennstewart (Reply 4): This looks like it may have been shot through tinted glass.
This pretty much explains why the shot isn't that good... Through the terminal windows. Thankyou very much for your comments though, hopefully I can take a better shot sometime.
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Oh well I suppose it will happen If I take photo's through windows. Also, can anybody possibly tell me the first two letters on the registration?
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