Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

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Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:01 pm

Yesterday I got to fly up the Chicago lakeshore VFR corridor on my way to KPWK. I snapped this shot of the skyline and was wondering if it had any chance of making it here. I dont have the best of luck when it comes to wingviews.

ImageN476CM_skyline_1300px_usm270 by zmenz97, on Flickr
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Re: Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:14 pm

Hey Zach, nice perspective of the Chicago skyline; glad you're continuing to accumulate your hours! Re. this image, it has a blue tint to it especially noticeable on the wing strut. I tried some auto WB in Photoshop and it seemed to fix it. Also some minor noise on the wing strut. With these edits, it would be acceptable for me.

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Re: Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:11 pm

Thanks for the response I put what you recommended and also corrected the border issue in the top left. the result is below.
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Re: Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:06 pm

This version looks a bit soft (wing flaps and the Pitot tube). Did you rework the original or make the edits on your last version. I have found softness occurs especially if you straighten, re crop, resize etc after sharpening. The color balance and noise (original issues) looks fine. I missed the border issue but good that you corrected for it.

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Re: Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:31 am

I re-cropped from the edited image. I did some selective sharpening to try and fix the issue as well

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Re: Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:46 am

Zach, I think the last version looks OK.

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Re: Chicago skyline from a Cessna 172 pre screen

Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:02 pm


Nice shot! I did add "single engine prop" and "window" as categories though ;)
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