jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1895 times:
Hi...just back from a 3 week trip and looking to get some shots processed and loaded.
Got this quickly on the bridge as we were exiting the plane...any chance/advice for it? I see a bit of noise under the wing, and perhaps on the wheels...anything else?
dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7238 posts, RR: 32 Reply 8, posted (9 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1777 times:
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First two are suffering pretty badly from heat haze, and are write-offs. The second two aren't quite as bad, but are still borderline. The oof fence taking up a large part of the bottom of the frame doesn't help either.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (9 months 1 week 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1621 times:
Another recent shot for review...tried to just spend 1-2 mins at most on it to see if that's an improvement over my prior bad edits. Contrast seems harsh but that may be my laptop screen, and I may have to wait till I get back to my proper monitor to look at it better. Thanks...
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (9 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1557 times:
Got this one quickly as I was collecting my bag, it was handheld at ISO 3200. My hopes aren't high, but to my eye, it's not a horrible picture - just not sure it's up to A.net standards. Cheers.
28 jpmagero: Have tried this, can't get a good crop with both full wings - is this ok? If not, will drop this one. sharpened it as much as I could without ruining
29 dlowwa: Soft. Crop ok, but soft. Still soft. Heat haze is generally not fixable, so no this is not any better. First is just a little soft, the other two are
30 jpmagero: I'm seeing a theme here , will work on that softness. Am I right to feel that I'm getting the colors a bit better than before?
32 jpmagero: OK, have dropped the CLT shots as I cannot recover them from heat haze... Have given the others another go...do they look ok? Delta: AirTran - underst
33 jpmagero: Here's are a couple new shots from a new spot around KFMY I'd never been to before...how do they look? N416RX (arriving) N916CS N416RX (departing) N88
34 dlowwa: Soft to varying degrees, and I wouldn't submit any larger than 1200 pix.
35 jpmagero: Sharpened them all up a few steps...am afraid of going overboard here, but maybe it's just me. 1: N416RX 2: N916CS 3: N416RX 4: N8856N[Edited 2012-08-
36 dlowwa: FIrst is os now; second looks ok; third os & looks like heat haze, so maybe not fixable; fourth better, but a little os now.
37 jpmagero: Tweaked the sharpening (sharpened the originals less than the last version). Will use these unless there are any other issues. 1: N416RX 3: N416RS - t
38 dlowwa: Looking better. We know the difference between jet wash and heat haze, and the former is typically not reason for rejection. Heat haze is easily visi
39 jpmagero: Thanks. Sorry...didn't mean to imply that you don't...just that was all I could see.
40 jpmagero: How is this one? The wing looks like it has some heat haze, but the windows above don't...not sure how that's possible? http://img545.imageshack.us/im
41 moddin: Well, heat hazes I can't localize. But a small dust spot above the tail is visible. I my opinion the lower part of the fuselage is a bit dark and the
42 jpmagero: Tweaked it a bit...brought down the brights, and lightened the shadows, and got rid of that spot...how does this look? http://img805.imageshack.us/img
43 dlowwa: Soft/heat hazed, and slight halo around the tail. Likely not fixable.
44 jpmagero: Could I get some feedback on these? Lighting was not good (very overcast), there are no strong shadows, but also the brights are a bit dull...do you t
45 dlowwa: Soft, and terrible light. Soft, quality, color. Also poor light. Soft, and terrible light. If I'm out shooting on days like that (and to be honest, I
46 jpmagero: I realize this is not the best quality (very soft/blurry - and I probably oversharpened it to compensate - was shot through the window at an angle), b
47 dlowwa: A chance, yes, though not a great one. A bit noisy, and as you pointed out soft/blurry. I don't think either angle is more interesting that the other
48 jpmagero: I just returned from another business trip and have a whole bunch of photos I'd like feedback on...will start with these. Thanks in advance. 1: Sky Le
49 dlowwa: All of these images have various issues with level and softness. I don't see one that would be accepted as is. 1. center, soft, level 2. soft 3. level
50 jpmagero: Thanks. Center: I'm guessing it was high in frame? Not quite sure about the right centering...have had different centering rejections in the past, so
51 dlowwa: Yes. Better, but looks like there might be some heat haze. A little oversharpened now. A bit. Also flat and a bit high in frame. Slightly oversharpen
52 jpmagero: Thanks... Here goes a third round 1 - MD-11: heat haze. Zoomed right in on the raw file, there's a bit, so won't be able to do much more there. 2 - A3
53 dlowwa: Soft toward the front. Might have a decent chance, though don't get your hopes up too much.
54 jpmagero: FIrst sighting of this plane for me at KRSW...I know the lighting is not ideal, but does this edit work ok? Would drop it to 1200 or 1024 for submissi
55 dlowwa: Light is ok; won't comment on quality as it is not the final upload size. New one also looks like a bit of blur toward the nose, though it could just
56 jpmagero: Resized to 1200: http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9649/img7389220120907n659dlr.jpg Also did one at 1024 in case that doesn't work: http://img213.im
57 jpmagero: Took this today...would it have a chance for quality/motive? http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2283/img7410820120908n837mfl.jpg
58 dlowwa: 1200 should be ok. You typically can't fix blur with sharpening. Quality looks ok; not sure why motive would be an issue.
59 jpmagero: Thought perhaps the missing parts (tail, props) could be an issue.
60 jpmagero: There was a bit of a blue fringe on the nose, which I removed (just desaturated it to get rid of the blue). Almost looked like CA type effect. Is tha
61 dlowwa: They would not. Not sure how color adjustment is related to the blur that was mentioned.
62 jpmagero: I'm saying that when I looked closer at the nose in response to your earlier comment, the spot that looked blurry to me had a blur tinge to it along
63 dlowwa: Impossible for me to tell with certainty what the underlying problem is at this size; I'm just letting you know how it looks. If you think there is n
64 jpmagero: Cheers...will keep trying to get the best captures I can.
65 jpmagero: Hi - back again from another trip...could I get some feedback on this photo? I leveled it using the buildings in the background, and the plane is comi
66 dlowwa: Level should be ok, and haze doesn't seem to bad. The out of focus wing in the foreground is a bit distracting though.
67 jpmagero: Right...that's too bad. I got this rejection, honestly don't see the grain myself, but I'd assume it's the underbelly of the plane. Not sure if it's
68 dlowwa: Think the plane is fine, though I do notice a fair amount of noise in the sky.
69 jpmagero: any better? http://imageshack.us/a/img651/9649/img7389220120907n659dlr.jpg Am I right this type of edit would earn a ban?
70 dlowwa: I wouldn't reject it for noise. What type of edit? If you're suggesting removing the wing, yes, this is expressly forbidden.
71 jpmagero: All my photos in the queue were rejected, and I've addressed the issues and re-uploaded. Do these fixes look ok, or do they need more work? 1 - Taca,
72 jpmagero: Got a couple new shots for review, thanks... JB1: http://imageshack.us/a/img138/8274/img74521n804jbrsw201209.jpg DL: http://imageshack.us/a/img823/958
73 dlowwa: Yes. Overall quality doesn't look that great. Still looks a bit yellow. Sharpness is passable. Private is not appropriate for the title, and I'm gues
74 jpmagero: On the Delta shot, yes. The others were outside, clear air, late morning, not much of a crop. Will have another look at them as the RAW files look go
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