Brushing up on standards RE: Contrail shots

[E-Diddy!]

http://www.rockymountainavphotos.com/forimages/details.php?image_id=208

Acceptable?

[Top_Gun]

cool shot, I think I saw a similar plane today while watching them fly overhead. Is Quantas the only carrier with the red tail?

[seahawk]

Seems ok

[RingwaySam]

cool shot, I think I saw a similar plane today while watching them fly overhead. Is Quantas the only carrier with the red tail?

No theres Northwest etc. Maybe you could post the picture

[jid]

Hi Eric, well it is probably just acceptable in its current form but only just. Three things I would try and address. Firstly the crop, its too wide for me, I would go for a 4:3 crop. Second, its slightly noisy probably due to sharpening. Either neat Image it or perhaps a touch of smart blur on the sky only. Third tighten up the levels a little and add a little saturation and a small amount of contrast ( clone out the dust spot just below the tail ). Contrail shots follow a totally different process to 'normal' aviation shots and in the end it does come down to what the photographer wants his portray with his/her image. As usual here is one I made earlier -

[seahawk]

Wow, great editing Jid. Never seens such a contrail shot in screening yet.

[Greg Wilson]

Hope it's in the que Eric.

................... Is Quantas the only carrier with the red tail?

Qantas also have red tails

[Top_Gun]

No theres Northwest etc. Maybe you could post the picture

I didn't take the shot, though I wish I did. I was listening to a KC-135 refuel I believe a KC-10. I heard the pilot of the KC-10 call out a DC-10 flying underneath them and the boom operator call "tally ho"

I'll have to keep looking, my contrail shots are never good enough to post

[E-Diddy!]

Thanks guys and Jid, I'll go through those edits you suggested.

And while we're on the subject after looking at those watermarks, whats the ruling on that?

[LX-A343]

No change of ruling so far

Gerardo

[jid]

The rule is:

You can apply a watermark to your image BUT if it is visible in the thumbnail then it will get a motive rejection.

Jid.

[E-Diddy!]

cool thanks!

[E-Diddy!]

How's this then?

[MaxPower]

Looks hot in my opinion.

What direction is this anyway ? Northbound ?

[E-Diddy!]

Eastbound.