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DirtyCrow
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Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Mon May 29, 2017 6:22 pm

Hi guys,
i am new to aviation photography and have a question to one of my photos.
https://abload.de/img/dsc_3991twun0.jpg
This picture was rejected for blurry, compression, soft, quality, noise and contrast.

I thought this was a good picture, but as i said, i am still a beginner. So i hope that someone can help me out and tell me where the problems exactly are and what i can do better.

Thanks a lot
 
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HarryLi
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Tue May 30, 2017 1:33 am

Hi,
Regarding to your photo, just some parts of the aircraft seem to soft i think. But ... noise is ok for me and i do not see blurry and compression problem appear. But i think it indeed has low contrast issue here.Just give some to it will be ok i think.

Cheers,
Harry
 
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airkas1
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Tue May 30, 2017 10:35 am

The aft fuselage looks a little blurry/soft. Noise isn't that bad, but contrast could be increased a little. Still not a bad attempt though!
 
DirtyCrow
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Tue May 30, 2017 4:13 pm

Thank you for your help. Contrast is the thing i struggle most with.
What do you think now?
https://abload.de/img/dsc_39910ys0z.jpg
 
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Thu Jun 01, 2017 7:42 am

Just some sort of advice (can't really judge quality & sharpness as I am not on my editing monitor).

If you struggle with contrast and are using Photoshop or PS Elements for editing, just use auto-contrast. It works fine 95% of the time and will show you what to aim for.
 
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airkas1
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:36 am

Contrast is an improvement for sure, but the photo is now oversharpened. How large are the sharpening steps you do?
 
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:09 pm

I did it with Pro Sharpener from the Nik Collection on 15%. Do you think it is better without the sharpening?
 
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HarryLi
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:25 pm

DirtyCrow wrote:
I did it with Pro Sharpener from the Nik Collection on 15%. Do you think it is better without the sharpening?

Well, i would say .... it is too oversharped actually. You can see obvious jaggy around the title and other parts.
 
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Re: Post Screening Help for a Beginner

Wed Jun 07, 2017 4:59 pm

Regarding sharpness, the ideal sharpness lies between both versions.

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