ms spot- prescreening advice

[dlowwa]

Hello, would you please prescreen the following picture? I have cropped very much so I am unsure about the quality.

Quality/crop/processing is fine. Borderline soft, and needs a bit of CCW rotation. Should be fixable.

[ms spot]

In recent time, I have received many rejections due to underexposure so in order to prevent this I would like you to have a look at following photos and tell me if the exposure is fine. If there are other reasons which would lead to a rejection I'd be happy if you informed me about them, too.

Thanks & regards

[dlowwa]

In recent time, I have received many rejections due to underexposure so in order to prevent this I would like you to have a look at following photos and tell me if the exposure is fine. If there are other reasons which would lead to a rejection I'd be happy if you informed me about them, too.

Thanks & regards

1 & 3 would certainly be rejected for dark (and soft as well). 2 borderline, but probably ok.

[ms spot]

Would it be helpful to photograph with a higher ISO than 100 (which I use) or can it simply be fixed with editing?
Another question: if a photo has exactly the size ratio 16/9 (in my case 1200/675 px), would it be rejected as it's not below the desired ratio or would it be accepted as it's not above it?

[dlowwa]

Would it be helpful to photograph with a higher ISO than 100 (which I use) or can it simply be fixed with editing?

Increasing the ISO generally will lower the dynamic range, so unless there is some other reason to do so, probably won't help. Editing may fix the issue, as long as the originals weren't too badly underexposed.

Another question: if a photo has exactly the size ratio 16/9 (in my case 1200/675 px), would it be rejected as it's not below the desired ratio or would it be accepted as it's not above it?

16/9 ratio (but not less) is accepted here.

[ms spot]

Thank you!
I have re-edited the following images. Are they acceptable now?

[dlowwa]

Thank you!
I have re-edited the following images. Are they acceptable now?

1. soft, borderline noisy
2. soft, color (white balance too warm)

[ms spot]

Hello, the Condor which you prescreened above was today rejected for "overexposure and too little (I suppose) contrast". I actually thought it was "borderline dark but probably ok" so it was a bit unexpected to have it rejected for the opposite reason... Maybe I used a wrong edit for posting it here but in fact, I am quite sure that the rejected photo was identical with the one posted here.
Maybe the screener meant "underexposed" but wrote "overexposed"? And what do you think about contrast?
My technical skills are unfortunately not the best so I do not know how to link the rejected photo here...maybe you can see it as a screener? (It's the condor above, was rejected about 10 am UTC time)...
Thanks for your help!

[ms spot]

https://www.jetphotos.com/viewqueued_b.php?id=9050696

ah, now it has worked...here's the link to the rejected photo.

[dlowwa]

https://www.jetphotos.com/viewqueued_b.php?id=9050696
ah, now it has worked...here's the link to the rejected photo.

It appears to be the same image you posted in the forum. Call it what you like, but root of the problem is the same: the light is too harsh. Either the shadows will be considered too strong, or the highlights too bright. If possible you might want to choose a different time of day to shoot, when the light isn't quite so stong.

[ms spot]

Thank you! That makes it clear for me! Unfortunately, exactly when I took this photo a cloud covered the sun so maybe the light was really not the best (A photo with better light which I have taken 15 minutes later was accepted).

[ms spot]

Hello, I have tried out a new spotting location and would like to know if the composition of the following photo is acceptable. I am mostly concerned about sharpening, angle, exposure, crop...

Thanks!

[dlowwa]

Hello, I have tried out a new spotting location and would like to know if the composition of the following photo is acceptable. I am mostly concerned about sharpening, angle, exposure, crop...

Thanks!

Looks backlit to me, but would otherwise be a dark/contrast rejection.

[ms spot]

Hello, would you please prescreen the following photos?

Thank you!

[dlowwa]

Hello, would you please prescreen the following photos?
Thank you!

1. soft, borderline color
2-3. backlit, soft.