I would love to know what Airliners.net interpretation/guidelines of 'Creative' is? Since we all have different opinions of what creative is! For example, a few years back I'd sent in a photo of a Tiger Moth. It was a tight shot, with the emphasis on the pilot's goggles resting on the side of his cockpit, the registration of the aircraft in visible in the background. The rejection reason was 'BAD MOTIF'!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertfrola/6772564173/. Can't seem to embed my image in this thread from my hard drive.
To me I'm being creative. Beats seeing hundreds of side shots, 3/4 shots etc. If this photo fits the guidelines of 'Creative' could I resubmit it?
I have also had this rejection regarding this category.
I like how the photo turned out. Regardless of why the photo was rejected, eg: banding (I think the screener is referring to the glow around the aircraft - that is how the camera captured the seen), soft and blurry (if it was a normal photo, sure I'll accept that - bad photo, but the emphasis is not on the detailing in the shadows but the overall look of the photo. The bright glow to the right of the main undercarriage is an aircraft taking off (stirring up the dusty runway which is not sealed)
The Screener also left a comment regarding this photo: "Diagonal banding in front of the tail, aircraft soft (could be caused by being a bit blurry). The silhouet-type shot doesn't really work with the sun up like that and just a bright blue background."
That's his opinion and I'll accept that it's his opinion. And no malaise towards the screener is intended. It's a difficult category to screen. But creative is imaginative, innovative, experimental, original; artistic, expressive, inspired, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, or out of the ordinary! Regardless of whether the sky is bright blue!
Doesn't my photo fit within the meaning of the word 'creative'?