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derekf

Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

That's because it wasn't in this thread. It was in this one.

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1338379

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derekf

Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

That's odd. I said much of what aal151heavy said about the upload page a few weeks ago and it was dismissed as I didn't know how to use the page - now it's being altered. Well, well. There you go......

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derekf

Re: Thanks to the developers!

No check on the queue, no idea how many uploads you have left, no photo link next to the sometimes many and occasionally erronoeus aircraft and airline options, it goes on and on. Where is the button to add another photo? No, you have to go to the drop down menu at the top of the page and reload the...

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derekf

Re: Thanks to the developers!

Not keen on the new upload page at all. Lots of the useful functionality has gone. Too much space, too much scrolling needed. I had a look to see on the forum if uploaders opinions had been sought but drew a blank. Have look at J*tph***s for a much neater and slicker upload page.

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derekf

Watermarks

Seriously? This can't be right.

<photoid:3884167> (might have guessed that wouldn't work)

https://www.airliners.net/photo/EVA-Air/Airbus-A321-211/3884167

Makes screening rather pointless.

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derekf

Re: Airliners.net Site Upgrade Announcement & Discussion

New fora look good- modern and clean. Front page not so good, difficult to find things. Photo pages are good. The whole thing is a little pale and tricky to read sometimes - black lettering would be better than grey. Photo upload page much nicer but sadly returns a "500" error , whatever t...

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derekf

RE: Which Smart Phone To Buy?

I have an <acronym title="Luxair (Luxembourg)">LG</acronym> <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China) and Allegiant Air (USA)">G4</acronym>. It has a pseudo manual mode that allows adjustment of the ISO, focus,shutter speed and white balance. It can save photos as JPEG or DNG raw files. Superb camera. I d...

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derekf

RE: Recent Photo That Made You Go Wow! - Part 28

The sky on that dual KLM 747 image is very odd. You can see the banding even on the thumbnail.

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derekf

RE: Recent Changes To The Screening Rules?

I too hope the image stays (and others like it) . I might try a low shutter speed shot to get a bit of rotor blur and see how I get on. I'm assuming a bit soft or bit blurry would be <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym>. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td>...

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derekf

RE: Recent Changes To The Screening Rules?

I understand all that but the point is that those "tricky" were generally rejected in the past and now it would appear that if you put the settings in the comments field then you might have a chance of getting them accepted. As I said, I'll bear it in mind although I have managed my expectations. Ma...

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derekf

RE: Recent Changes To The Screening Rules?

I don't think it's too hard to understand is it? It was always the quality of the final image that mattered. If you took a tricky nighttime shot or one in the rain and it turned out blurry then that was tough. If I take a shot of a helicopter in daylight at 1/25sec to get a bit of rotor blur and it ...

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derekf

RE: Recent Changes To The Screening Rules?

Some interesting thoughts here. As far as the image is concerned, if the photographer had not put the ISO in the comments would the photo still have been accepted? I always understood that to get photos accepted here they had to meet the "criteria"; the circumstances and the technical detail of the ...

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derekf

RE: Database Problems?

I couldn't agree more and in fact said so in the last "Report the Bugs" thread. As I said in that thread, a site that needs a "Report the Bugs" thread is in a bad way. I can't think of any other site that has anything like that. Many of us, photographers, screeners, forum contributors etc. have spen...

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derekf

RE: Very Quick Screening These Days! A Word Of Thanks.

The short queue and the effort to keep it short is very much appreciated. Having a turn-round time of only a few days is so much more useful than the "other place" where the queue almost 3 weeks now.

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derekf

RE: Screening Delay

If you own an old car there comes a point when you can't repair it any more. You have to bite the bullet and buy a new one. That's where we are now with airliners.net. If small changes cannot be introduced without the whole thing collapsing, then bigger more radical changes need to be made. Like mak...

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derekf

RE: Screening Delay

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/yerbol" class="quote" target="_blank">yerbol</a> (<a href="#185" class="quote">Reply 185</a>):<br/><i>Come on screeners, screen my photos My old...

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derekf

RE: Report The Bugs Here (Part 7)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/evanm" class="quote" target="_blank">evanm</a> (<a href="#70" class="quote">Reply 70</a>):<br/><i>It's time to start over, airliners.net. Even y...

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derekf

RE: Isn't This Pic Dark Category?

Being "Dark" just isn't special. There are any number of categories that people could search for. Anyway... <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ricox" class="quote" target="_blank"...

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derekf

RE: Isn't This Pic Dark Category?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vikkyvik" class="quote" target="_blank">vikkyvik</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Quoting derekf (Reply 1): Why do we need a...

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derekf

RE: Isn't This Pic Dark Category?

I think it means that your photo shouldn't have had the "Dark" catgory selected as the sun is still above the horizon (unless that has changed recently).
Confusingly and, I think, incorrectly, it has also been flagged as being dark exposure wise.

Why do we need a "Dark" category anyway?

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derekf

RE: Recent Photo That Made You Go Wow! - Part 23

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vikkyvik" class="quote" target="_blank">vikkyvik</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Quoting derekf (Reply 13): That goat pho...

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derekf

RE: Recent Photo That Made You Go Wow! - Part 23

That goat photo certainly made me go "Wow" as well, only not in a good way. As you say....

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ghajdufi" class="quote" target="_blank">ghajdufi</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>As stated above we allow a 5 pixel toler...

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derekf

RE: Rejection Emails

Just got a couple of appeal e-mails so coming in fine now.
Thanks for that.

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

I don't know about the others but the NEF files are as I said, 4928 by 3264 which is 1:1.509. Resized that is 1024x678. My D80 is 3872 by 2592 which is 1:1.494 or 1024 by 685 and so is well within the limits. If uncropped images from particular sensors on popular cameras are falling foul of size lim...

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derekf

RE: Rejection Emails

I changed my e-mail address to my Gmail one. Thanks for the work-around but what has happened? I always got the e-mails and upload confirmations until this last batch.

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

Thanks for that. This was rejected just for size. <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20140717_y1405632388.1911eglf_150714_fpjfp_d7000_01_dsc_7878.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/r...150714_fpjfp_d7000_01_dsc_7878.jpg</a> This for size and soft <a href=...

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derekf

RE: Post Screening - Derekf

I think I must have really lost touch with the acceptance requirements. I look at accepted images and this forum and see little or no difference in the images I'm uploading. It must be the only hobby that after 14 years of trying I am actually getting worse. I stopped uploading for 6 months and I th...

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derekf

Post Screening - Derekf

I've had a lot rejections recently, including many for soft. These are the pick of a confusing set. <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20140717_n1405632919.2141eglf_150714_fwznw_dsc_8702e.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/r...141eglf_150714_fwznw_dsc_870...

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

At first I wondered at the point of Silver1SWA's post until I saw this... <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/sarcastic.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> , the agenda..... Of course there is an agenda, that's point of a discussion forum. You are of co...

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

The screener realized it was grass as they said so in the rejection personal. It's odd though, we can have images accepted where an aircraft is largely obscured by a cloud of vapour generated by the aircraft itself and yet if it is shrouded with dirt and heat haze, also generated by the aircraft, it...

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

I agree it probably it isn't for this site, but if it had a girl in a bikini, that would be OK.
To be honest Darren, it was a pointless exercise uploading anything here any more. Still at least I can still laugh about it......ho ho..

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derekf

RE: This Did Make Me Laugh.....

Oh, I expected it to be rejected, as most of my photos are rejected, but I thought I'd give it try anyway as being something more unusual. As I said, the rejection reason did make me laugh as it implied I thought it was a normal, clean sharp image and hadn't noticed the heat haze and dirt flying aro...

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derekf

RE: Rejection Emails

Thanks Darren. Be nice to get the emails occasionally though.

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derekf

This Did Make Me Laugh.....

Among a depressing whitewash of rejections, this one did make smile. <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20140717_o1405632640.2618eglf_150714_fwwow_d7000_01_dsc_8120.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/r...150714_fwwow_d7000_01_dsc_8120.jpg</a> Reject reaso...

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derekf

Rejection Emails

I haven't had any screening emails for the last three batches of uploads. I haven't changed my e-mail address and they aren't in my spam folder. I think it's the only place to find the appeal link.

Can this be fixed please?

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derekf

RE: Cityjet RJ Wing Problem Inflight

If the flap track fairing fell down it would fall into the jet efflux of the inboard engine.

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derekf

RE: Photo Sale And Merchandising Opportunities

Why do I keep seeing that there has been a reply from Panam_DC10 but when I look at the thread there is no reply? I thought maybe that someone had responded to my month old question but sadly not.

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derekf

RE: Photo Sale And Merchandising Opportunities

How is this going? Has anyone sold anything?
How is it different is it from an account such as Zenfolio (which has no acceptance crtieria)?

According to my photographer's page, all my photos are available for sale and I have sold $12.95 worth but presumably this has nothing to do with Society 6.

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derekf

RE: HDR Images

Well, I'm rather glad I asked the question and that this thread has stayed the distance. It's good to see that these things can be debated even although some of the opinions seem to be stuck in the pre-digital era.

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derekf

RE: HDR Images

Odd isn't it, we can and indeed have to change the colour caste, the contrast, the brightness, the grain, all of which is also "digital manipulation" and yet something which can actually enhance an image is not allowed. Except sometimes.....

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derekf

HDR Images

I thought there was a topic about HDR on here last night but I can't find it now. I was interested to find out the answer and I hope that we haven't reverted back to stifling debate on the forum.

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derekf

RE: Av Photographer &FlightRadar24 View Heathrow Visit

OK. Thanks for the reply.
Disappointing though.

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derekf

RE: Asses On The Beach ;)

Really?. You know exactly what I mean. Airliners.net has included all aircraft for a while now. 12 years I think. I'd rather people clicked on my photos because they found the aircraft subject interesting rather than any incidental object. It is pretty obvious from the composition that the inclusion...

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derekf

RE: Asses On The Beach ;)

And your point? If you have one.

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derekf

RE: Av Photographer &FlightRadar24 View Heathrow Visit

Airside?

Is it not open to the public then?

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derekf

RE: Asses On The Beach ;)

From what I understand, topless women are also part of the <acronym title="Philipsburg / St. Maarten - Princess Juliana (SXM / TNCM), St. Maarten">SXM</acronym> scene. Will they be next ? Why not, I mean they are bound to generate lots of hits and that's what matters isn't it? As far as age is conce...

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derekf

RE: Asses On The Beach ;)

If you can't see that there is a difference between nice airborne shots and a beach shot such as the one in question then I'm afraid I can't say any more. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href...

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derekf

RE: Asses On The Beach ;)

Last I looked this was called airliners.net not beach_babes.net or whatever and judging by the comments underneath the photo, I would suggest that there are many other more appropriate websites if you want to leer at women in bikinis. Presumably the rule as mentioned in the link in Post 18 is no lon...

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derekf

RE: Asses On The Beach ;)

Many of us have also invested much time towards this site and seeing it trivialized by the inclusion of such images is what I find offensive.

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