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captainstefan From United States of America, joined May 2007, 338 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 627 times:

These two probably have a lot wrong with them, so - are they fixable, and if so are they unique enough for the effort?

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dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7227 posts, RR: 32
Reply 1, posted (5 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 625 times:

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Quoting captainstefan (Thread starter):
are they unique enough for the effort?

Not sure how the first is unique, but the second is a less common view. Both would be rejected as-is, but might be fixable.

Tomskii From Belgium, joined May 2011, 453 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 594 times:

First is overexposed, needs contrast and might need some sharpening.

Second one needs contrast (maybe then adjusting the exposure as well) and needs a LOT of sharpening.

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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8194 posts, RR: 28
Reply 3, posted (5 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 592 times:

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I would also crop in closer on the sides in the first one.

Very cool angle on the 2nd one! Where was that taken?

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captainstefan From United States of America, joined May 2007, 338 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 565 times:

Quoting dlowwa (Reply 1):
Not sure how the first is unique

You'd have to be familiar with ATL - in order to pass the tower at that angle, you have to rotate from 27R in about 3000 feet. Not something that happens every day with a 747.

Quoting dlowwa (Reply 1):
Both would be rejected as-is, but might be fixable.

Quoting Tomskii (Reply 2):
needs a LOT of sharpening

Ok, so are we talking 4-5 passes of the unsharp mask? I am always paranoid about oversharpening the shots.

Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 3):
Very cool angle on the 2nd one! Where was that taken?

From the John Hancock Observatory. My 70-200 was in for repair that weekend, so I am amazed that I came out with any usable shot shooting with the 55-200 through those dirty windows.

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dlowwa From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 7227 posts, RR: 32
Reply 5, posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 535 times:

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Quoting captainstefan (Reply 4):
You'd have to be familiar with ATL - in order to pass the tower at that angle, you have to rotate from 27R in about 3000 feet. Not something that happens every day with a 747.

Fair enough, but early rotations won't qualify an image for any special considerations.

Quoting captainstefan (Reply 4):
Ok, so are we talking 4-5 passes of the unsharp mask?

Hard to say without knowing how good the original is.

captainstefan From United States of America, joined May 2007, 338 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (5 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 526 times:

Quoting dlowwa (Reply 5):
Fair enough, but early rotations won't qualify an image for any special considerations.

Oh, my mistake. I didn't mean unique in terms of getting special consideration, just in my personal endeavor to avoid the 'boring side-on' trend. Should I upload the raw (but size appropriate) shot for you guys to look at?

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DL747 From United States of America, joined Nov 2012, 273 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 511 times:

Quoting captainstefan (Reply 6):

Sure, have at it.

[Edited 2012-11-23 22:03:00]

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