newton606 - prescreening request & editing advice

[newton606]

I have gotten no photos accepted but I am still new to this and eager to learn.
Here are some photos that I like and want to get some editing/shooting advice. Thanks in advance

[Nicolás Rodríguez]

hi, not a screener

All of them are dark, the best tip I can give you is that when you are editing any picture just compare with any accepted pic at JetPhotos with similar characteristics.
Also adjust contrast, just adjust the blacks until it looks good, take photos as reference, there is also a special option in Lightroom that helps you find when the blacks/whites are pure.
And finally adjust saturation a little bit.
Make sure that the pic is leveled, centered and cropped correctly, (not talking about these).
Getting soft rejections is common at the beginning so sharp the photos until it's perfect, but not oversharpened.

Hope see you soon here!

Regards,

Nicolás, from Spain.

[MelonJuice]

hi, not a screener

All of them are dark, the best tip I can give you is that when you are editing any picture just compare with any accepted pic at JetPhotos with similar characteristics.
Also adjust contrast, just adjust the blacks until it looks good, take photos as reference, there is also a special option in Lightroom that helps you find when the blacks/whites are pure.
And finally adjust saturation a little bit.
Make sure that the pic is leveled, centered and cropped correctly, (not talking about these).
Getting soft rejections is common at the beginning so sharp the photos until it's perfect, but not oversharpened.

Hope see you soon here!

Regards,

Nicolás, from Spain.

Hello, just curious, is there any technique you use to judge whether or not a photo is oversharpened? I'm having trouble getting the right sharpness. Thanks

[Nicolás Rodríguez]

I personally find oversharpened when too much details are pixelated too much, just make sure that only a few small details looks a little pixelated. At least I use that method, but my laptop screen resolution is 1366x768px so it might not be the same as you.
Also comparing pics helped me, just check different pic at JetPhotos a few times each day and your eye will get used to it.

[newton606]

Alright, thank you all for your feedback and advice.

[newton606]

Tried to improve on brightness and sharpness.

[Nicolás Rodríguez]

adjust blacks, as you can see, as you bright the pic, the blacks starts to lose the pure black, so these all need contrast.
Also add saturation a little bit, it looks very grey.
Brightness seems good but you should give it a little more. (qatar looks perfect at brightness for me)
Also check at the histogram that JetPhotos give when you upload the pic
check for dust too, use the tool.

[sierrafoxtrot]

Hi,

Not a screener, but the images are quite soft.

Also, if you edit in lightroom, try using the grids in the cropping tool to center the aircraft in the frame, as they're not centered in your images.

The best chance for an acceptance would be the A350, sharpen it up and export at 1280x720px and you should be good.

[Devin J Photography]

Tried to improve on brightness and sharpness.

Not a screener, but the images look soft and blurry, also the cropping does not look centered.

[newton606]

I upped exposure even more and tried to center. But still, I am having some difficulties centering certain angles.

[newton606]

Does anyone know how to like put something similar to the cross grid of the centering tool on in Adobe Camera Raw. Thx in advance

[dlowwa]

I upped exposure even more and tried to center. But still, I am having some difficulties centering certain angles.

Soft. Also slightly high, but centering would be fine for me. The screening tools on the upload page have a centering grid; otherwise try using the crop tool.

[newton606]

How do I center this picture. Need some help thx.

[Sam_F]

Arrange the arrows so that their lengths are equal!

[newton606]

Oh, ok thank you very much.