Adam Quinn - Editing Advice

[Adam Quinn]

1: dulll/dark and slightly blurry, soft
2: still too low in the frame, did you change anything at all?
3: dark/dull, lacks contrast and soft

1,3 So when you say dark/dull is that a brightness issue? When I hear dull, I can't change that by editing can I? That's to do with the weather conditions, right. It appears that all my photos are soft, I really don't know what I'm looking for, I've done camera raw filter then high pass filter, and that's still not sharp enough, if I go any higher with the sharpening then there's more noise, more noise means more noise reduction which means less detail or have I got it all wrong?

When I edit this is what I do
Lightroom
1. Angle correction (horizon)
2. Crop
3. Spot deletion

Photoshop
1. Camera raw filter sharpen and reduce noise
2. High pass filter
3. Trim curves histogram

Everytime I go through brightness, contrast, exposure and all of that, I get carried away and end up with illuminous grass, I'm certainly not an expert when it comes to editing.

[LX-A343]

For 1-3 this is my edit for number 2 (only doing one until I'm on the right tracks)
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Here's number 4
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Instead of number 5, here's a new photo but it has increased contrast, sharpened further and noise reduced (same batch of photos as 1-3)
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1: dulll/dark and slightly blurry, soft
2: still too low in the frame, did you change anything at all?
3: dark/dull, lacks contrast and soft

[Adam Quinn]

Would all be rejected for:

1-3 soft, noise, contrast
4 soft, centering
5 blurry, cropping

Images taken in poor light will invariably be more difficult to get accepted.

For 1-3 this is my edit for number 2 (only doing one until I'm on the right tracks)


Here's number 4


Instead of number 5, here's a new photo but it has increased contrast, sharpened further and noise reduced (same batch of photos as 1-3)

[LX-A343]

For 1-3 this is my edit for number 2 (only doing one until I'm on the right tracks)
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Here's number 4
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Instead of number 5, here's a new photo but it has increased contrast, sharpened further and noise reduced (same batch of photos as 1-3)
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As explained, please limit yourself to 5 photos per 24h. Thank you.

[Adam Quinn]

Would all be rejected for:

1-3 soft, noise, contrast
4 soft, centering
5 blurry, cropping

Images taken in poor light will invariably be more difficult to get accepted.

For 1-3 this is my edit for number 2 (only doing one until I'm on the right tracks)


Here's number 4


Instead of number 5, here's a new photo but it has increased contrast, sharpened further and noise reduced (same batch of photos as 1-3)

[dlowwa]

Hi, just asking for some pre-screening advice as I have a rather high rejection rate. Does the amount of cloud affect acceptance rate? On a recent trip I have plenty of photos but do any of them stand a chance with cloudy conditions?

1. D-AISQ
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2. D-AIRT
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3. A6-EEB
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4. G-JZBC
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5. PH-BXR
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Thank you in advance
Adam

Would all be rejected for:

1-3 soft, noise, contrast
4 soft, centering
5 blurry, cropping

Images taken in poor light will invariably be more difficult to get accepted.

[enzocmte]

Hi, just asking for some pre-screening advice as I have a rather high rejection rate. Does the amount of cloud affect acceptance rate? On a recent trip I have plenty of photos but do any of them stand a chance with cloudy conditions?

1. D-AISQ
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2. D-AIRT
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3. A6-EEB
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4. G-JZBC
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5. PH-BXR
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Thank you in advance
Adam

Hello! I am not screener but ...
1. dark / contrast , soft
2. dark
3.borderline contrast / dark
4. borderline soft and bad composition (too low in frame)
5. contrast

1,2,3 have no concert (bad light)

[Adam Quinn]

It affects the contrast of the image. If the sky is overcast, you'll need to adjust the contrast (rule of thumb: rejections are usually for "too little"), but quite often the image just can't be salvaged.

I'm not a screener / JP team member, so will leave screening of your photos up to them.

I'll bear that in mind, thank you

[jvdl]

Does the amount of cloud affect acceptance rate?

It affects the contrast of the image. If the sky is overcast, you'll need to adjust the contrast (rule of thumb: rejections are usually for "too little"), but quite often the image just can't be salvaged.

I'm not a screener / JP team member, so will leave screening of your photos up to them.

[Adam Quinn]

Hi, just asking for some pre-screening advice as I have a rather high rejection rate. Does the amount of cloud affect acceptance rate? On a recent trip I have plenty of photos but do any of them stand a chance with cloudy conditions?

1. D-AISQ


2. D-AIRT


3. A6-EEB


4. G-JZBC


5. PH-BXR


Thank you in advance
Adam