Prescreen Advice Request - 787Dream

[787Dream]

A little bit dark, but quality would be acceptable for me.

Thanks.

Trying to challenge a borderline heat haze. Is the quality ok? Or I need to size it down to 1280px?

[787Dream]

Thanks.

Trying to challenge a borderline heat haze. Is the quality ok? Or I need to size it down to 1280px?

Can see some artifacts (preprocessing as well). Applied a filter.

[dlowwa]

Can see some artifacts (preprocessing as well). Applied a filter.

Soft, borderline dark/contrast.

[787Dream]

I have been getting some rejections with vignetting in the sky (I guess this comes with good lighting...), so I am changing my postprocessing steps by adding some extra vigentte correction. The following two are some extreme ones, and I found it hard to remove vignetting entirely (it is like either I have top bright vignetting + bottom dark vignetting, or I have to maintain some vignetting to get the corners to be not so bright.)

[dlowwa]

I have been getting some rejections with vignetting in the sky (I guess this comes with good lighting...), so I am changing my postprocessing steps by adding some extra vigentte correction. The following two are some extreme ones, and I found it hard to remove vignetting entirely (it is like either I have top bright vignetting + bottom dark vignetting, or I have to maintain some vignetting to get the corners to be not so bright.)

Both somewhat dark. Vignetting not really an issue.

[787Dream]

Both somewhat dark. Vignetting not really an issue.

I ll take your charms again lol. Last few got a few vignetting rejs (and they do exist), but hope the new fix will help.

[787Dream]

Golden hour shooting has always been hard for me to find the right temp (currently 5250K + 15 tint) and exposure adjustments... I have the following three that I have tried to play with exposure, but it seems to hurt a bit aesthetics..
Also I would think the CRJ doesn't really have the quality for 1600, maybe 14?
I think so far DL A321 looks the most natural, but it is probably the darkest.

[dlowwa]

Golden hour shooting has always been hard for me to find the right temp and exposure adjustments... I have the following three that I have tried to play with exposure, but it seems to hurt a bit aesthetics..
Also I would think the CRJ doesn't really have the quality for 1600, maybe 14?
I think so far DL A321 looks the most natural, but it is probably the darkest.

Borderline dark/soft for all, but would be ok for me.

[787Dream]

Will vignetting be an issue for this one?

revised: new technique
revised 2: changed to sRGB

[dlowwa]

Will vignetting be an issue for this one?

revised: new technique
revised 2: changed to sRGB

Too soft for 1600pix, and a bit dark.

[787Dream]

The weather is pretty nice so I added more saturation to some. However, I do see some artifacts in the sky under equalize, is it going to be an issue?

[dlowwa]

The weather is pretty nice so I added more saturation to some. However, I do see some artifacts in the sky under equalize, is it going to be an issue?

Contrast and oversharpening may be issues.

[787Dream]

I probably should seek advice before I use up more rejection slots. I am having trouble to remove vignetting in the infamous clear sky shot.

I have tried tuning bit by bit but the "ring" would just somehow appear in the equalized part, as what I think the screener is referring to as overprocessed.

https://www.jetphotos.com/viewqueued_b.php?id=11114782

Any suggestions? I have attached an attempt with minimal and universal changes (but equalized image can still see vignetting on the right edge, which is somewhat expected as the vignetting is leaning to the left (see screenshot)). Should I start "painting" the darker edges on the right?

[dlowwa]

I probably should seek advice before I use up more rejection slots. I am having trouble to remove vignetting in the infamous clear sky shot.

I have tried tuning bit by bit but the "ring" would just somehow appear in the equalized part, as what I think the screener is referring to as overprocessed.
https://www.jetphotos.com/viewqueued_b.php?id=11114782

Processing effects still visible.

Should I start "painting" the darker edges on the right?

Not a good idea unless you'd like the chance of a manipulation rejection and a warning on your account.

[787Dream]

Processing effects still visible.



Not a good idea unless you'd like the chance of a manipulation rejection and a warning on your account.

I am just gonna make my life easier with another pick after working for 3 hours, the vignetting is just too strong to correctly remove completely and accurately. For this, bottom right corner has some strong shadow clipped in, but I used spot healing (or other corners will be brighter). Any go? Definitely gonna retire this lens and this will be its last mission.