jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 months 4 weeks 8 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 11 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.
dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7238 posts, RR: 32 Reply 38, posted (9 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1404 times:
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Quoting jpmagero (Reply 37): Tweaked the sharpening (sharpened the originals less than the last version).
Looking better.
Quoting jpmagero (Reply 37): the haze on the left wing might be from the engine
We know the difference between jet wash and heat haze, and the former is typically not reason for rejection. Heat haze is easily visible at the front of the aircraft on the larger version, but is better hidden at the smaller size.
moddin From Germany, joined Oct 2007, 13 posts, RR: 0 Reply 41, posted (8 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 1372 times:
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 upper part overexposured. It's not a good time for taking pictures.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 44, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1341 times:
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 think these could make the cut? Would higher contrast be better?
If I'm out shooting on days like that (and to be honest, I rarely would be), I'm keeping in the back of my mind that I won't be submitting anything from that day.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 46, posted (8 months 3 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1295 times:
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), but thought it was a neat shot of a 747 "chasing us" does it have a chance? http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7774/img71611lhrt52012082910.jpg
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 hope I got it right.
Level: I had leveled it using the vertical fence posts, but have changed it to the center line on the runway. Is that the right way?
Soft: sharpened it up ... enough? http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/906/img7047620120828n953arm.jpg
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 54, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1112 times:
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 submission.
dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7238 posts, RR: 32 Reply 55, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1105 times:
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Quoting jpmagero (Reply 54): 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 submission.
Light is ok; won't comment on quality as it is not the final upload size.
Quoting jpmagero (Reply 54): I've also had the following rejection.
New one also looks like a bit of blur toward the nose, though it could just be your editing.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 60, posted (8 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1055 times:
Quoting dlowwa (Reply 58): You typically can't fix blur with sharpening.
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 that not OK?
dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7238 posts, RR: 32 Reply 61, posted (8 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1046 times:
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Quoting jpmagero (Reply 59): Thought perhaps the missing parts (tail, props) could be an issue.
They would not.
Quoting jpmagero (Reply 60): 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 that not OK?
Not sure how color adjustment is related to the blur that was mentioned.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 62, posted (8 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1037 times:
Quoting dlowwa (Reply 61): Not sure how color adjustment is related to the blur that was mentioned.
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 the border of the nose, like CA - causing it to look blurry to my eyes. I may have missed it all together, but that was the only spot that looked like it might have been blurry, so I took the above steps. I know you can't actually fix a blurry shot, but I thought that perhaps that blue made it look blurry, so I took that action. If it didn't fix it, I will leave it.
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 no blur after looking at the original, then trust yourself.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 65, posted (8 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 940 times:
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 coming down at an angle. Got a bunch more from this angle, but all the shots of planes on the runway have pretty bad heat haze. This one seems much better but does any show at 1024px?
JB2: http://imageshack.us/a/img338/6854/img74408n605jbrsw201209.jpg - the top of the plane looks like it's not a nice straight line, almost like it's heat haze, but it's actually the edge of the run way/grass that happens to be along the same visual line.
jpmagero From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 74, posted (8 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 855 times:
Quoting dlowwa (Reply 73): Looks like you were shooting through a window
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 good, so I must be messing something up in processing.
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