Postscreening - Banding, Low Contrast, Noise

AH45 · Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:02 am

Hi everyone,

I just got the following window shot rejected for banding, low contrast, and noise.
https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/air ... d9a321c988

I tried equalizing the photo and cant seem to see much banding in the sky, am I missing something? I also tried fixing the low contrast and noise (seems to be mostly in the sky) in the following edit, would this have a better shot of passing. Also, are there any more issues in the photo that I should be aware of?
https://i.imgur.com/c5RCUQv.jpg

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

AH45 · Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:47 pm

Anyone?

airkas1 · Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:54 pm

The photo does look low contrast, but I don't relaly see the banding/noise. From experience it looks like it will be a tricky edit.

AH45 · Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:33 am

airkas1 wrote:
The photo does look low contrast, but I don't relaly see the banding/noise. From experience it looks like it will be a tricky edit.

Would the contrast in the new edited version be acceptable? Would that version be worth a reupload?

Thanks!

AH45 · Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:37 pm

I uploaded the edited version and it was SO'ed then rejected for banding (again) and now overexposure. I am guessing that the overexposure resulted from the contrast increase? Is this photo salvageable in any way? Or is it a completely lost cause?

https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/air ... 78895bb9aa

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

HarryLi · Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:46 pm

Hi,
This one looks indeed has Banding issue in the sky i can see it without using Equailze i think maybe when you reduce noise it appears, to be honest ,your last editing version i don't see noise problem which means that you don't need to do some reducing noise process to it i think. An the exposure seems not bad to me but the Winglet white part of it seems bit of OE but i would say it looks ok to me. Plus, when you adjust contrast always pay attention to the exposur of your photo as sometime they need to adjust at the same time i think.
According to these reasons , i think this one is salvageable.

Best wishs,
Harry

AH45 · Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:57 pm

I realized I typed the last post too quickly and said overexposure when it was really supposed to be "oversharpened" instead. Is oversharpening a significant issue in the second version that wasn't present in the first?

Apologies.

airkas1 · Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:56 pm

I guess there is some banding in the most recent version you linked. Sharpening-wise, I see same jaggies on the flap track fairings in the shadows.

AH45 · Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:29 pm

https://i.imgur.com/kmqIQ8x.jpg

Here's my third edited version. Is the sharpening okay for this one? Also, I feel like I improved the banding situation compared to the second edit, but is it still an issue in this version? What about contrast and color balance?

airkas1 · Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:38 pm

I would accept it.

AH45 · Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:35 pm

airkas1 wrote:
I would accept it.

Thank you! I will reupload asap.

AH45 · Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:31 pm

It has been accepted!

This is my first photo on this website and I am extremely grateful to those who have provided me with all the helpful advice along the way.

airkas1 · Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:03 am

Congrats!

A nice windowview too

Hopefully the start of more!

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