pre-screen photos at dawn

[a.m.]

I use Photoshop CS5. 8 years old now, but still easily more than enough for editing of simple aviation photos.

Time of day can also make a big difference on the amount of haze visible, so you don't necessarily need to wait for the season to change. I shoot a lot in the summer, but only in the hour / hour and a half before sunset.

As for jpeg vs. RAW, both will be the same resolution if you've set your jpegs up that way, but the RAW file will contain a lot more information relating to color/exposure. If you trust your camera to get the jpeg processing right, there's not a huge advantage for RAW over jpeg. I still always shoot RAW since storage is cheap, and in the rare case the camera gets something like the white balance wrong, it's far easier to fix if you're working with a RAW file.

Thanks dlowwa

#As for jpeg vs. RAW, both will be the same resolution if you've set your jpegs up that way, but the RAW file will contain a lot more information relating to color/exposure
In the past with my Olympus OM E-10... the JPEG was as good as the raw file.
But with Nikon, I always seen the JPEG out of the camera as a bit soft. Anyway, as you mentioned storage is cheap nowadays, so I'll keep RAW


#I use Photoshop CS5. 8 years old now, but still easily more than enough for editing of simple aviation photos.
Well I may go for it. In the meantime I'm using/learning to use GIMP, Darkable and Mac OS standard Photo tools.
I've used Nikon View... but as strange as it seems the the raw convert and the jpeg compressor isn't as good as in the other tools.

Now I start to understand, the compress efects, halos and softness you mentioned..
I was expecting to use the photos just as they come out of the camera...maybe just adjusting some color levels.

But no, life (and good photos) do need some processing.

So I'm fighting now with masks and layers and sharpening and low passs and and... .. the halos are still there..
It looks GIMP and Photoshop handles halos/jagges removing in a different way.


So one final request to you : can you edit one more photo ? the Vueling EC-MBS ?

I would use then that and your previous editing as my benchmark
Once I could replicate your work... I can try to pusblish some photos.

thanks again for your time and help

/rgds

[a.m.]

Dear All


Can you please comment/review these two ?

Thx for your time and help

/rgds

[PrestonFiedler]

Not a screener, but EasyJet looks dark, noisy, compressed, Vueling appears to me to be blurry/soft, noisy, compressed, and possibly heat hazed.

[dlowwa]

Dear All


Can you please comment/review these two ?

Thx for your time and help

/rgds

1. dark, heat haze, compression
2. soft, overprocessed (pretty strong editing halos)

[a.m.]

Not a screener, but EasyJet looks dark, noisy, compressed, Vueling appears to me to be blurry/soft, noisy, compressed, and possibly heat hazed.

Thx Preston
Boy, oh boy, there's no salvation from here...

/rgds

[a.m.]

Not a screener, but EasyJet looks dark, noisy, compressed, Vueling appears to me to be blurry/soft, noisy, compressed, and possibly heat hazed.

Thx Preston
Boy, oh boy, there's no salvation from here...

/rgds

[a.m.]

1. dark, heat haze, compression
2. soft, overprocessed (pretty strong editing halos)

Thx dlowwa

All the sins in the Universe and a couple more I believe ..

/rgds

[a.m.]

How about this new version ?

[dlowwa]

How about this new version ?

2. borderline oversharpened/overprocessed
4. ok

[a.m.]

2. borderline oversharpened/overprocessed
4. ok

Thx dlowwa

Photo 2, wasn't the best one to start with.
A bit darker, overcast, taken with lots of haze @45ºc/113ºF.
The above border line, probably was the result of applying a mask/processing just to the sky. Probably needed some additional sharpner/halo work.

Ok now I start to understand the sentence : "Photoshop can make miracles".

thanks again for your time and help

/rgds

[a.m.]

Dear all

Can you be so kind (as usual) and comment this batch ? thx

/rgds

[dlowwa]

Dear all

Can you be so kind (as usual) and comment this batch ? thx

/rgds

All borderline for the same three issues: color (too yellow), compression, and heat haze. First two problems should be easy enough to fix.

[a.m.]

All borderline for the same three issues: color (too yellow), compression, and heat haze. First two problems should be easy enough to fix.

Thx dlowwa

The compression I believe I can see it... however neither the color, neither the haze. Tried a couple of times... but didn't notice a difference in my edits.
As such, I've applyed a new technique...basically doing all the filtering before cropping...and later applying some of them again.

Since today was cold, shot several new photos in a different angle ... so probably haze and yellow may have gone , who knows

Here's then the catch of the day. (as soon as I finish my tests , I'll go back the previous ones )

Thanks again for your time and help

/rgds
a.m.

[a.m.]

Dear all

Can you be so kind (as usual) and comment this batch ? thx

/rgds

Here's a new editing
/rgds

[dlowwa]

Thx dlowwa

The compression I believe I can see it... however neither the color, neither the haze. Tried a couple of times... but didn't notice a difference in my edits.
As such, I've applyed a new technique...basically doing all the filtering before cropping...and later applying some of them again.

Since today was cold, shot several new photos in a different angle ... so probably haze and yellow may have gone , who knows

Here's then the catch of the day. (as soon as I finish my tests , I'll go back the previous ones )

Thanks again for your time and help

/rgds
a.m.

Images are all dark, and borderline overprocessed.