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[jakerepp]

I've gotten rejections for photos that are maybe 0.1-0.2 degrees off. I've also seen photos that to me a pretty clearly 0.5 or more off. This looks incredibly close but none of the vertical lines are really long enough to say for sure. I think its worth appealing and saying 'how can you be certain it's not level?'. I tried that defense once and it actually worked....

[jakerepp]

It's not too far off, but there is a surprising amount of noise/grain in the photo and it looks soft to me, but I'd bet both are fixable.

I am not a screener but have 1300+ photos and 89% acceptance so my advice should be decent

[jakerepp]

It was the only frame that I got that wasn't blurry. Not big deal if it ain't gonna work, but this is probably as good as it will get....

[jakerepp]

The Eastern 772 was a cool visitor but I'm assuming its too dark/weak contrast but wanted your thoughts.

And the Embraer, the best frame I got of it had its tail in the shadow of the Tower. Does that shot still work (it is a new reg).
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[jakerepp]

This rejection caught me off guard a bit. I realize it's a dark airplane but I really thought it was properly exposed. https://www.jetphotos.com/viewqueued_b.php?id=12309119

Also, PS for these all well, mostly regarding sharpening....

[jakerepp]

Second one is blurry.

First one is noisy

I am not a screener....

[jakerepp]

Typically rain doesn't work out well but there is pretty good direct sunlight here so it probably works. I would rotate it CCW a bit though. Nice shot!