Hi JP Team and fellow photographers,
This morning to my surprise I had a photo of a Trislander landing at SXM rejected for backlit. I understand that screeners look at a hundreds of photos per day and sometimes one or two gets rejected by accident. Completely understandable. So, I politely appealed the rejection explaining that the sun is on the photographer's side of the aircraft and this image is not backlit by any means. Well, the appeal was also rejected and I was asked to check better before appealing because the tail is very clearly it its own shadow... so, here I am checking it again.
This is the rejected photograph that I marked up to indicate that the sun, is in fact, on the visible side of the aircraft. The tail is in the shadow of the engine and not in its own shadow.
If this is not convincing enough I checked the sun angle and location on the date and exact time when this photo was taken that clearly shows the sun is on the photographer's side:
Could someone explain how this is still a backlit image? Where should the photographer be positioned to capture this image not in a "backlit" position?
Thanks for your help. Kind regards,
HA-KLS
This morning to my surprise I had a photo of a Trislander landing at SXM rejected for backlit. I understand that screeners look at a hundreds of photos per day and sometimes one or two gets rejected by accident. Completely understandable. So, I politely appealed the rejection explaining that the sun is on the photographer's side of the aircraft and this image is not backlit by any means. Well, the appeal was also rejected and I was asked to check better before appealing because the tail is very clearly it its own shadow... so, here I am checking it again.
This is the rejected photograph that I marked up to indicate that the sun, is in fact, on the visible side of the aircraft. The tail is in the shadow of the engine and not in its own shadow.
If this is not convincing enough I checked the sun angle and location on the date and exact time when this photo was taken that clearly shows the sun is on the photographer's side:
Could someone explain how this is still a backlit image? Where should the photographer be positioned to capture this image not in a "backlit" position?
Thanks for your help. Kind regards,
HA-KLS
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