emberdex - Pre-Screening Request / Editing Advice

[emberdex]

Hi, trying to make my first submissions to JetPhotos with the following submissions:



These are already in the queue, but if there is a general consensus that they are likely to be rejected upon screening, I will remove and resubmit them. I missed the advice to submit here before taking up queue slots - that's my bad

Thanks in advance for any advice people are willing to give - I'm still pretty new to this whole planespotting business, so I have a lot of learning to do!

[HarrisonGrose]

Hiya. Not a screener but I can see the pics are backlit, a certain rejection sadly.
There might be other points as well.

All the best

[dancaviation]

Hello,
Although I'm not a screener, I think it's against the rules to request prescreening for pictures that are currently in the queue.

#2 in https://forums.jetphotos.com/forum/a...ning-from-crew

[jakerepp]

All backlit, so not acceptable.

But just so you know what else you need to work on:

Piaggio - soft, weak contrast, dark, needs a tighter crop and better centering

First Ryanair - dark, needs centering

Jet2 - Soft, dark, centering

Last one - dark, soft, blurry, crop is okay but is too low in the frame.

[emberdex]

Back to the drawing board, I suppose... some more forward planning needed on my location, I think. Although to my knowledge there's nowhere for me to go and spot at EMA this time of year to get front-lit movements on the RW27 side.

thanks for the feedback, folks - hope to be back as soon as I can get out and shoot more

also, interesting that the one photo that didn't get remarked as "soft" is the only one I actually applied any sharpening to - I think Lightroom exports at 1280px wide without any sharpening are just soft by nature, the originals are sharp. Lesson learned I suppose - makes me wonder if I could rescue some of these with a re-edit, if backlighting wasn't a concern...

[emberdex]

I've done some more spotting at BHX today, with the sun behind me this time(!), and now I've returned for some more pre-screening advice.

I think these are a little bit closer to acceptable under the submission guidelines, but I'm not the expert here by any means and I'm happy to be corrected - any advice received here is much appreciated!

These files are processed exactly as they would be submitted to JetPhotos.

[dlowwa]

I've done some more spotting at BHX today, with the sun behind me this time(!), and now I've returned for some more pre-screening advice.

I think these are a little bit closer to acceptable under the submission guidelines, but I'm not the expert here by any means and I'm happy to be corrected - any advice received here is much appreciated!

1. dark, too far
2. dark
3. dark, heat haze, horizon
4. dark, centering/too far
5. dark, centering, horizon, heat haze

[emberdex]

1. dark, too far
2. dark
3. dark, heat haze, horizon
4. dark, centering/too far
5. dark, centering, horizon, heat haze

Thank you for your pre-screening advice. Darned heat haze... makes me wish I lived a little closer to an airport so I could arrive early in the morning! I gave photos 1, 2 and 4 another pass in Lightroom, please let me know your thoughts:

[dlowwa]

Thank you for your pre-screening advice. Darned heat haze... makes me wish I lived a little closer to an airport so I could arrive early in the morning! I gave photos 1, 2 and 4 another pass in Lightroom, please let me know your thoughts:

1. heat haze
2. ok for me
3. borderline heat haze

[emberdex]

1. heat haze
2. ok for me
3. borderline heat haze

#2 submitted for screening. Thanks!

[emberdex]

Hi all, back again

Could I get some pre-screening advice on these photos, please:

[dlowwa]

Hi all, back again

Could I get some pre-screening advice on these photos, please:

Dark/poor contrast and centering issues. Last one looks workable with a better edit, the others not.