MarkLawrence - Editing Advice

[MarkLawrence]

Makes perfect sense! Thanks for looking at it Dana!

[dlowwa]

Cannot attach a 20Mb .NEF file unfortunately. I have PM'd you the location of it.

Mark

Got it, and took a look. Not heat hazed, but it is really quite soft, to the point of blurriness. I'd guess that's a result of shooting at the extreme long-end of your lens (500mm) where you'll often find such softness. In the future, if you continue to find such softness at the extreme long end, maybe try to use a little bit less of the focal length (like 350-400mm or something) and crop a bit more. Better to have to crop a bit more of a sharp image than have a much softer image that doesn't need as much cropping.

[MarkLawrence]

Just my guess as to the root cause of the issues, but might not actually be the case. You can post/share a full-res version if you'd like to know for sure.

Cannot attach a 20Mb .NEF file unfortunately. I have PM'd you the location of it.

Mark

[dlowwa]

Thanks Dana. The blurry/heat haze was never mentioned in the other rejections, which was why I was pursuing this one to get it correctly sharpened. I guess unfortunately a waste of time.

Just my guess as to the root cause of the issues, but might not actually be the case. You can post/share a full-res version if you'd like to know for sure.

[MarkLawrence]

Thanks Dana. The blurry/heat haze was never mentioned in the other rejections, which was why I was pursuing this one to get it correctly sharpened. I guess unfortunately a waste of time.

[dlowwa]

I've been struggling with this image and sharpening. Could someone please pre-screen?

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Would be rejected for oversharpened and blurry/heat haze. Likely not fixable due to the latter.

[MarkLawrence]

I've been struggling with this image and sharpening. Could someone please pre-screen?

[dlowwa]

Would this version be more acceptable?
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I see contrast (again too weak) and centering being potential issues.

[MarkLawrence]

Would this version be more acceptable?

[MarkLawrence]

Thanks Dana!

[dlowwa]

May I ask what they are please Dana?

Thanks

I see noise, and probably contrast (too low) being issues as well.

[MarkLawrence]

May I ask what they are please Dana?

Thanks

[dlowwa]

Does this count as backlit? It's a late afternoon departure directly into the sun.

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Not exactly backlit, but other issues present.

[MarkLawrence]

Does this count as backlit? It's a late afternoon departure directly into the sun.

[MarkLawrence]

Thanks Tony!! I will check them out!!