jhud922 - editing advice

[dlowwa]

I want to test something here, this image is to me, insane. I can hardly look at it, its blowing out my retinas. However, maybe others disagree? I watched a video tutorial recently by a photographer here who has over 1k photos and a very high acceptance rate. I've essentially copied his technique, and I will share my settings from LR as well. I'd love to know anyone's thoughts on this - aka, would this get accepted were I to upload it?

You would run into two issues; first processing (dark circle in the middle of the frame, possibly from vignetting reduction), and also possibly, yes, overexposure. I would guess with a proper edit, both issues should be relatively easy to fix.

[jhud922]

You would run into two issues; first processing (dark circle in the middle of the frame, possibly from vignetting reduction), and also possibly, yes, overexposure. I would guess with a proper edit, both issues should be relatively easy to fix.

The vignetting isn't as easy to fix with some of these as I would like. Its a rented Sigma 150-600, and there are like 4-5 profiles in Lightroom, none of which does a particularly good job at removing the vignetting. I could do it in Photoshop but I feel like that would be frowned upon from an editing perspective.

But I am somewhat reassured to hear that this was over-exposed, although I would have said more like overly contrasty, probably both.

[jhud922]

Thoughts on this?

[jhud922]

Couple more, thank you.

[dlowwa]

Thoughts on this?

Couple more, thank you.

1. borderline dark
2. dirty, borderline dark
3-4. borderline contrast
5. dark/contrast

[jhud922]

1. borderline dark
2. dirty, borderline dark
3-4. borderline contrast
5. dark/contrast

Thanks Dana!

What is meant by "dirty"? That isn't a photographic term i'm familiar with. If it's meant to imply "Noise" or "grain", from the sensor, why not say that? Also, Here's a 100% crop. It was shot at ISO 160 so i'm not sure what you're seeing there. It looks very clean to me. If dirty means compression, I would guess that is on JetPhoto's end...I'm sure most of us are exporting at 100% quality.

IMG_1057 by John Hudson, on Flickr

Also, forgive me i keep forgetting this, does borderline contrast mean it has too much contrast, or not enough?

[Tele]

Thanks Dana!

What is meant by "dirty"? That isn't a photographic term i'm familiar with. If it's meant to imply "Noise" or "grain", from the sensor, why not say that? Also, Here's a 100% crop. It was shot at ISO 160 so i'm not sure what you're seeing there. It looks very clean to me. If dirty means compression, I would guess that is on JetPhoto's end...I'm sure most of us are exporting at 100% quality.

IMG_1057 by John Hudson, on Flickr

Also, forgive me i keep forgetting this, does borderline contrast mean it has too much contrast, or not enough?

Dirty means there's dust spots on the picture.

[dlowwa]

What is meant by "dirty"?

Visible dust spot(s).

Also, forgive me i keep forgetting this, does borderline contrast mean it has too much contrast, or not enough?

Borderline = may go either way (rejected or accepted).

[jhud922]

Visible dust spot(s).





Borderline = may go either way (rejected or accepted).

Ah, thank you. Also, I think I understand the meaning of "borderline", its the contrast part that is confusing Do I need to add or remove contrast?

[dlowwa]

Ah, thank you. Also, I think I understand the meaning of "borderline", its the contrast part that is confusing Do I need to add or remove contrast?

Contrast too weak in this case.

[jhud922]

Contrast too weak in this case.

Thank you. Contrast seems to be something that can be tweaked for a possible acceptance, so we'll see.

[jhud922]

Thoughts on this? In hindsight I don't love the crop, that can be tweaked a bit.

[dlowwa]

Thoughts on this? In hindsight I don't love the crop, that can be tweaked a bit.

Soft, and might have issues with contrast (light not quite falling completely on the nose as we discussed before). Crop ok.

[jhud922]

Soft, and might have issues with contrast (light not quite falling completely on the nose as we discussed before). Crop ok.

does soft mean "this version you exported needs some sharpening" OR "this photo is inherently soft and can't be fixed"? I have a hard time if its the latter, a 1280 pixel image just doesn't show enough detail to accurately answer that question. Also, you can see the pilot wearing his mask ffs lol

[jhud922]

Here's a slightly different view, slightly different crop, sharpness should be ok here, and also you can see the light is not backlit or anything.