thebigdog360 - Prescreening Advice

[thebigdog360]

Taken with a camera, and with an ISO of 80. I'm not sure how it got so many artifacts and or noise, the sharpening is lower than I usually put for a JP photo. Was taken by a friend so I cannot guarantee how the photo was taken. Here is a photo taken today, more room to get a better angle and quality should be better. Colour is a bit weird to me, some wildfire smoke rolled in so I had to correct the orange tint. Any pre-screening problems with this one?

[dlowwa]

Thanks for the info. I figured the second photo wouldn't work, but thought it was worth a shot.

As for the first, I aligned the horizon with the vertical control tower pillar, but if anything I figured CW rotation was required so that is what I applied here, it is now aligned to the corner of the hangar in the centre of the photo. There is also less sharpening to get rid of some of the noise. How is it now?

Horizon looks ok to me, but still noticeable noise/sharpening/artifacts issues. Was this taken with a phone, or just with really high ISO?

[thebigdog360]

4:3-16:9 is the acceptable range for cropping ratios. Anything outside of that will be an automatic rejection.

Thanks for the info. I figured the second photo wouldn't work, but thought it was worth a shot.

As for the first, I aligned the horizon with the vertical control tower pillar, but if anything I figured CW rotation was required so that is what I applied here, it is now aligned to the corner of the hangar in the centre of the photo. There is also less sharpening to get rid of some of the noise. How is it now?

[dlowwa]

Pre-screening for these two please. Im concerned about softness/overall quality for the first. For the second, I'm not sure if the lighting is acceptable, since it is inside a building while I was about 20 meters away outside, and I don't know about the centring. Also, unrelated, but is 16:9 the widest crop for JP or is anything wider allowed? Thanks in advance.

1. horizon, noise/sharpening
2. noise/compression/sharpening. not fixable.

4:3-16:9 is the acceptable range for cropping ratios. Anything outside of that will be an automatic rejection.

[thebigdog360]

Pre-screening for these two please. Im concerned about softness/overall quality for the first. For the second, I'm not sure if the lighting is acceptable, since it is inside a building while I was about 20 meters away outside, and I don't know about the centring. Also, unrelated, but is 16:9 the widest crop for JP or is anything wider allowed? Thanks in advance.

[dlowwa]

Just to avoid any chance of rejection for the clutter, here is a shot from lower without the wing in the way. How is this pre-screening wise?

Would be ok for me.

[JuklicekCZ]

Thanks for the tip on the lens corrections, did not know what they did before so never bothered touching them.

Yea, its a very easy and handy option for fixing the distorsion and chromatic aberration, just put there the lens model, that you have used and that's it.

[thebigdog360]

1. maybe a touch CCW needed, but not much. Borderline on the clutter.

Just to avoid any chance of rejection for the clutter, here is a shot from lower without the wing in the way. How is this pre-screening wise?

[thebigdog360]

I think the latter one is deffinitely leaning right.
In case you have lightroom, you can use the profile corrections in order to fix the distorsion caused by lens.

Thanks for the tip on the lens corrections, did not know what they did before so never bothered touching them.

[dlowwa]

Pre-screening for these two:
For the first I'm curious if the grey foreground wing is too distracting, and also I am not sure if it is too soft or not. For the second, I do not have much confidence because it was so close to the fence so only a part of the airplane could fit in, also horizon is a real challenge since the focal length was very wide. Thoughts? Thanks.

1. maybe a touch CCW needed, but not much. Borderline on the clutter.
2. cut off

[JuklicekCZ]

Pre-screening for these two:
For the first I'm curious if the grey foreground wing is too distracting, and also I am not sure if it is too soft or not. For the second, I do not have much confidence because it was so close to the fence so only a part of the airplane could fit in, also horizon is a real challenge since the focal length was very wide. Thoughts? Thanks.

I think the latter one is deffinitely leaning right.
In case you have lightroom, you can use the profile corrections in order to fix the distorsion caused by lens.

[thebigdog360]

Pre-screening for these two:
For the first I'm curious if the grey foreground wing is too distracting, and also I am not sure if it is too soft or not. For the second, I do not have much confidence because it was so close to the fence so only a part of the airplane could fit in, also horizon is a real challenge since the focal length was very wide. Thoughts? Thanks.

[dlowwa]

I found another angle that I did not see at first, I think this is better for contrast but still would like to see if it is passable. Also, should I include the tow bar attached to the nose wheel or no? Also any pre screening advice would be great.

Contrast borderline. Centering ok.

[thebigdog360]

I found another angle that I did not see at first, I think this is better for contrast but still would like to see if it is passable. Also, should I include the tow bar attached to the nose wheel or no? Also any pre screening advice would be great.

[thebigdog360]

Ah, ok. I misunderstood, thanks for the clarification.