dragonyc1002 - Editing advice

[dragonyc1002]

Hello there, so this photo taken by myself was rejected with the reason "Bad quality". Could anyone explain what could I improve on? (e.g. What I could do while taking pictures at the same position next time) Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Note: This is the first time for me to upload pictures, so if there is any mistake I made, please let me know, if possible, thank you so much.

[AMGEnthusiast63]

https://www.jetphotos.com/uploadguidelines/

Hi and welcome to the world of planespotting!
Not a screener, but have you read the upload guidelines (website above)? They offer some useful advice on how to make your photos acceptable for the database.
A quick look tells me that there are many issues with the photo, including centering (make sure fuselage is in middle of frame, excluding wings and control surfaces, eg stabilizers and such, aircraft is low in the frame in this case), dark(image needs to be brighter, brighten it up in your editing software), possibly backlit (meaning the part of the aircraft you are showing is mostly in the shadow, so the well-lit side is out of sight, try to shoot when the sun is behind you which lights up the visible side of the aircraft, as backlit is pretty much unfixable), image ratio (jp only accepts images which are between 3:2 and 16:9, and the ratio of your photo edges is not in that range, crop it some more).
These are the obvious issues, I’ll leave it to the experienced screeners to address the rather hard-to-get-right issues like contrast and sharpening.
Bad quality means your photo has multiple issues which is true for your case, choose some well-lit photos that aren’t backlit and start from there, should be easier that way

Happy spotting & uploading!
Regards from Shanghai

[dragonyc1002]

https://www.jetphotos.com/uploadguidelines/

Hi and welcome to the world of planespotting!
Not a screener, but have you read the upload guidelines (website above)? They offer some useful advice on how to make your photos acceptable for the database.
A quick look tells me that there are many issues with the photo, including centering (make sure fuselage is in middle of frame, excluding wings and control surfaces, eg stabilizers and such, aircraft is low in the frame in this case), dark(image needs to be brighter, brighten it up in your editing software), possibly backlit (meaning the part of the aircraft you are showing is mostly in the shadow, so the well-lit side is out of sight, try to shoot when the sun is behind you which lights up the visible side of the aircraft, as backlit is pretty much unfixable), image ratio (jp only accepts images which are between 3:2 and 16:9, and the ratio of your photo edges is not in that range, crop it some more).
These are the obvious issues, I’ll leave it to the experienced screeners to address the rather hard-to-get-right issues like contrast and sharpening.
Bad quality means your photo has multiple issues which is true for your case, choose some well-lit photos that aren’t backlit and start from there, should be easier that way

Happy spotting & uploading!
Regards from Shanghai

As what you have said, I tried to improve one of my pictures which is shown below, do you have any further advice for this picture? Thank you so much.

Regards from Keelung City

[flyetty]

As what you have said, I tried to improve one of my pictures which is shown below, do you have any further advice for this picture? Thank you so much.

Hi there, not a screener but this photo suffers from vignetting although maybe minor, and it is too low in the frame, other issues i cannot tell but i suspect an issue with sharpness, contrast and possibly heat hazing.

Regards

Flyet

[dragonyc1002]

Hi there, not a screener but this photo suffers from vignetting although maybe minor, and it is too low in the frame, other issues i cannot tell but i suspect an issue with sharpness, contrast and possibly heat hazing.

Regards

Flyet

Hello there, so that I have tried to adjust what you have mentioned above, do you have any further advice for this edit? Thank you so much.

[dlowwa]

As what you have said, I tried to improve one of my pictures which is shown below, do you have any further advice for this picture? Thank you so much.

Hello, please read here when you get the chance, especially #6

https://forums.jetphotos.com/forum/aviation-photography-videography-forums/digital-photo-processing-forum/63048-suggestions-when-asking-for-editing-advice-prescreening-from-crew

There will be no pre-screening advice for images you can't actually upload. Please post the exact image you plan to upload if you would like pre-screening advice.

[AMGEnthusiast63]

Hello there, so that I have tried to adjust what you have mentioned above, do you have any further advice for this edit? Thank you so much.

Hi, Dana meant your image is not at the minimum required 1024 pixels for the long edge. I’m guessing that this is a screenshot, so remember to post the exact image you’d like to have prescreened (ie. not just a screenshot, but the 1024~1280pix image you’d plan to upload).
Hope it helps

[dragonyc1002]

Apologies for the mistake I made earlier. Could I ask do you have any advice for this picture? Thank you
(Note: If there is any other problem I made, please let me know, if possible!)

[AMGEnthusiast63]

Not a screener, but I think it is a tiny bit high in the frame(not that big an issue), too far(image needs to take up bigger part of the frame, try cropping it some more), still somewhat backlit but better than the Eva air(good way to tell is that the tail is in the shadow). As for other problems, admin/screeners can definitely help you spot them better than I can.
Hope it helps

[Cameron Roberts]

Apologies for the mistake I made earlier. Could I ask do you have any advice for this picture? Thank you
(Note: If there is any other problem I made, please let me know, if possible!)

Hi, not a screener, but it isn't centred, the plane needs a tighter crop, the image is soft, and the image is heat hazed.

[dlowwa]

Apologies for the mistake I made earlier. Could I ask do you have any advice for this picture? Thank you
(Note: If there is any other problem I made, please let me know, if possible!)

Image is very noisy, heat hazed, and needs a tighter crop. The tighter crop is likely to make the former two issues even more apparent.

[CARBONOX CN]

Apologies for the mistake I made earlier. Could I ask do you have any advice for this picture? Thank you
(Note: If there is any other problem I made, please let me know, if possible!)

Quality is off, not fixable for me.

[dragonyc1002]

Hi there; so basically after 8 months I'm probably more familiar with this page (apologies for some stupid contents I've sent in the past); I would like to ask if there's anything I can improve on for this picture (My previous pictures were mostly rejected for contrast too high/low & soft, and I don't really have any idea on how to adjust) thanks!!

[dlowwa]

Hi there; so basically after 8 months I'm probably more familiar with this page (apologies for some stupid contents I've sent in the past); I would like to ask if there's anything I can improve on for this picture (My previous pictures were mostly rejected for contrast too high/low & soft, and I don't really have any idea on how to adjust) thanks!!

This would be rejected for soft, (low/flat) contrast, overprocessed, and dirty. Would need a significantly better edit.

[dragonyc1002]

Please take a look at these four, thank you! (I'm still not sure if they're still too soft or too sharp, and if their contrasts are enough, I wonder is there any technique when adjusting contrasts & sharpness? I'm not sure if the crop in the Delta one would be too awkward either.)