Jordan Louie - Editing Advise

[dlowwa]

Thank you guys for your patience in helping me. I think this edit is better, since I stopped applying so much noise reduction.
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Color looks better, and compression is a bit less than the previous ones. It's a little soft, but if that is dealt with appropriately, it may be acceptable.

[Jordan Louie]

Could I get these three pictures screened please?

[dlowwa]

Could I get these three pictures screened please?
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1. soft, borderline dark/contrast
2. soft
3. soft, color, glare (window reflection)

[Jordan Louie]

1. soft, borderline dark/contrast
2. soft
3. soft, color, glare (window reflection)

Is this better for the wn38M?

[dlowwa]

Is this better for the wn38M?
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Don't think you'll be able to do much better than borderline with this one due to the bright background and dark aircraft.

[Jordan Louie]

Don't think you'll be able to do much better than borderline with this one due to the bright background and dark aircraft.

Could it be acceptable?

[Jordan Louie]

Hi could I get this pic pre-screened?

-Thanks

[dlowwa]

Could it be acceptable?

Possibly..but I wouldn't say the chances are too good.

Hi could I get this pic pre-screened?
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-Thanks

Contrast is too low.

[Jordan Louie]

Possibly..but I wouldn't say the chances are too good.



Contrast is too low.

Okay thanks, for the WN737 taking off, how should I raise the contrast since the underside of the a/c is in shade without making the background too bright?
Also could I get this one prescreened?

Thanks for your time, Jordan

[dlowwa]

Okay thanks, for the WN737 taking off, how should I raise the contrast since the underside of the a/c is in shade without making the background too bright?

Short term answer: increase the contrast of the image. Long term answer: find a better angle so that when you shoot, you're not getting as much of the belly which will obviously be in shadow most of the time.

Also could I get this one prescreened?

Thanks for your time, Jordan[/QUOTE]

Soft, and pretty harsh light. Another piece of advice: try to avoid shooting around midday, as that's when the sun will be most directly overhead, and giving you that bright glare off the top, but strong shadows below. As a general rule for my own shooting, I tend to avoid the hours of 10am-2pm as that's when light will be the most harsh (unless it's winter of course, when the sun will be low no matter the time of day).

[Jordan Louie]

Short term answer: increase the contrast of the image. Long term answer: find a better angle so that when you shoot, you're not getting as much of the belly which will obviously be in shadow most of the time.

Also could I get this one prescreened?
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Thanks for your time, Jordan

Soft, and pretty harsh light. Another piece of advice: try to avoid shooting around midday, as that's when the sun will be most directly overhead, and giving you that bright glare off the top, but strong shadows below. As a general rule for my own shooting, I tend to avoid the hours of 10am-2pm as that's when light will be the most harsh (unless it's winter of course, when the sun will be low no matter the time of day).[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the advice, Jordan

[Jordan Louie]

Hi I would greatly appreciate it if I could get these pre-screened. I'm not quite sure if the WN and DL are soft. Any tips or rule of thumbs for determining whether an image is soft?



Thanks for taking the time, Jordan

[dlowwa]

Hi I would greatly appreciate it if I could get these pre-screened. I'm not quite sure if the WN and DL are soft. Any tips or rule of thumbs for determining whether an image is soft?
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Thanks for taking the time, Jordan

Yes, all are soft, especially the first two. Look at where you would expect there to be hard transition lines to determine if there is softness.

[Jordan Louie]

Yes, all are soft, especially the first two. Look at where you would expect there to be hard transition lines to determine if there is softness.

Okay, are these better?



-Thanks, Jordan

[LX-A343]

Okay, are these better?
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-Thanks, Jordan

1: slightly blurry, soft
2: borderline soft, maybe worth a try
3: looks OK