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General => General Discussion => Photography => Topic started by: kingsavo on October 19, 2009, 07:27:37 AM

Title: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: kingsavo on October 19, 2009, 07:27:37 AM: Was shocked this morning to get the email! But I got one on A.net! Thanks to the workflow help you guys put on here!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Raytheon-Hawker-800XP/1596471/L/

so what was the first photo you guys had accepted? Oh and guess who's got a week off work an guess who's going to be at the airport this week?!
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: casper on October 19, 2009, 09:07:15 AM: Congratulations, and a very nice photo it is :) My first one -
http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Navy/Westland-Sea-King/1398930/&sid=b645481aa0842f90931783fd0de63cb3

Lucky sod, wish I could spend the week at an airport :)
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: iCardboardRobot on October 19, 2009, 11:49:00 AM: Congrats mate ! inspired me to give it a go ! gulp :)
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: Merlin on October 19, 2009, 01:36:15 PM: Well done.

Had my first photo accepted in A.net just over a month ago so I know how you feel :)

Photo in question: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Police-Service-of/Eurocopter-EC-135T-2/1572402/L/&sid=bdab93c1985a6b05736d9d24e5d4d1cc (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Police-Service-of/Eurocopter-EC-135T-2/1572402/L/&sid=bdab93c1985a6b05736d9d24e5d4d1cc)
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: Dave on October 19, 2009, 04:17:08 PM: Congrats on the first upload to A.net! Hopefully the first of many.

I must admit, I have recently found it difficult uploading to airliners.net, I just can't nail the soft/sharpness in the shots :-[

My first upload -
http://www.airliners.net/photo/BMI-British-Midland/Airbus-A319-131/1405920/L/

Congrats guys, keep up the good work!
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: Merlin on October 20, 2009, 08:31:09 AM: Quote from: Dave on October 19, 2009, 04:17:08 PM
I must admit, I have recently found it difficult uploading to airliners.net, I just can't nail the soft/sharpness in the shots :-[

Know what you mean. Out of the last half-dozen photos I've submitted to A.net only 1 was accepted. I'm using the workflow that some of the others have posted here but that still doesn't seem to be enough.

What I found most ironic was that I'd submitted one of the photos I took of the Harriers at Aldergrove to both JetPhotos and A.net. JetPhotos accepted it and A.net rejected it because it was too dark ::) Anyone who was at Aldergrove that day will know it wasn't too dark. If anything it was too bright!!
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: kingsavo on October 21, 2009, 09:41:39 PM: Quote from: kingsavo on October 19, 2009, 07:27:37 AM
Was shocked this morning to get the email! But I got one on A.net! Thanks to the workflow help you guys put on here!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Raytheon-Hawker-800XP/1596471/L/

so what was the first photo you guys had accepted? Oh and guess who's got a week off work an guess who's going to be at the airport this week?!

Quite interestingly I have just recieved a rejection email from JP for this exact same photo! The reason given is:

Bad Color (Over/Under Saturation, Hue) / Screener's Comment: Red Cast

So can any of you guys help me figure out whats wrong and if there is an easy way to fix it up. Sounds like it shouldn't be too hard to fix.

Cheers
Title: Re: Just had my first acceptence!
Post by: casper on October 22, 2009, 09:17:16 AM: I can see the red cast but would have put it down to the lighting/time of day. Unfortunately all screening is subjective - what one passes another will reject. In fact I just recently had one rejected by both - one said it was soft the other said it was the wrong/missing category, no mention of softness.

If you have photoshop open the image and select Image>adjustments>Hue/Saturation
In the Edit drop down select Reds and play with the sliders until the red cast reduces. The only problem, however is that you will start to lose the red trim on the aircraft. Try selecting this trim and inversing the select so that you're working on everything but that. Hope this makes sense :)