These are 100 and 200% zooms, respectively.


Originals at
https://www.airliners.net/user/photo-co ... to/5605401
https://www.airliners.net/user/photo-co ... to/5622445
Also, screeners bemoaned a "spec" (sic), which in fact is a bird. Are birds to be deleted? What other parts of nature surrounding the plane in the picture are to be removed?
Another image rejected for being "soft" was https://www.airliners.net/user/photo-co ... to/5622439,
while https://www.airliners.net/user/photo-co ... to/5608671 was accepted.
100% comparison:

(Hint: the one on the right was rejected for being "soft" and of low quality)
Along with another one, these images led to my account being temporarily banned with the kind advice to "consider my actions".
I would, if screening were more consistent and decisions reproducible, or if the line between "soft" and "oversharpened" weren't so thin.