Franzloew From United States, joined Dec 2005, 14 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 450 times:
Hi everyone,
I've tried for a few years to get an airliner picture put on a.net, but seem to never be up to date with standards and equipment. I tried really hard on this last photo, but shot down for the following reasons:
1. Blemishes (dust spots)-
In the upper right hand corner on of the photo, there are some darker clouds, but I don't see any dust spots.
2. Softness of photo-
I used the Canon digital photo profession to sharpen the photo using the raw edit tool, but if I sharpened any more, the picture turns grainy fast.
I guess in the past I always thought I just had poor equipment, but I went and bought new gear in hopes of overcoming some of my problems and signed up for the First Class membership thinking that is one reason they don't like accepting airline photos from non-members. I don't seem to have problems with getting helicopters and seaplanes accepted, one photo in fact is straight out of a Kodak V570 point and shoot camera with no editing or tweaking what so ever which is this one:
which I didn't think was a great photo either. I tried my best on this SW photo, but I still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I would welcome and appreciate and help or tips some of you may have to help me improve my basic skills to edit airline photographs in hopes of getting one accepted some day.
JumboJim747 From Australia, joined Oct 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 56 Reply 1, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 448 times:
Your Halo is only one of 3 in the Database the southwest is a very common subject.
They tend to be more strict on common subjects .
But getting back to your shot the screener saw dust spots try to find them and clone them out and re upload with a message to the screener telling them what you did .
Good luck with it.
Cheers
Sinkrate From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 336 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 430 times:
Hey
I dont think on the Southwest one that tthey are dust spots. My 1st reaction was thaat they were just darker clouds than the other ones, It also does need more sharpening in Photoshop. You need to use the Unsharp Mask option in Photoshop, work out the settings that are best for you, and then selectively sharpen by doing it on a new layer and then using a layer mask with a low opacity brush.
Michael
Im not a photographer... But I did Stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last Night
Dendrobatid From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1356 posts, RR: 70 Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 419 times:
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Quoting Franzloew (Thread starter): I used the Canon digital photo profession to sharpen the photo using the raw edit tool, but if I sharpened any more, the picture turns grainy fast.
There are almost as many different methods of processing an image as there are photographers and I have never sharpened in the RAW mode as I try not to sharpen any more of the image than is necessary. In particular I never sharpen the sky as that only tends to enhance the noise or grain in it.
Using Photoshop I use the magic wand to select the sky and equalise just that to check for dust spots. I picked up five without equalising but once I equalised it was evident that three were in fact clouds and a dust spot I had missed popped up (so there are in fact three),
Once the dust spots have been dealt with using a layer, I select the inverse and just sharpen that, ie the aircraft and foreground.
Your Southwest does need a bit more sharpening and it is a touch too dark to. Have a read of this and try using the curve to brighten it a bit http://www.thegoldenmean.com/technique/curves1.html
Mick Bajcar
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