Like Angry mentioned, your frustration is certainly understandable. Jetphotos are really in the wrong for two reasons, firstly rejecting an imagine whilst not specifying all the rejection reasons and secondly, for not replying to a question posed during the appeal process.
With 1500+ images screened a day, unfortunately the screeners often do not select all the correct rejection categories when rejecting images. Time should really be taken to make sure all the possible rejection categories are choosen as not to confuse the members. There no point in taking a short cut and specifying only one reject reason when there may be at least 3 or 4 other reasons.
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really annoys me however is the lack of response given by the head screeners when asking a question through the appeal process. I have had it happen many times before, and it'll undoubtly happen again. Sometimes they'll simply state that you should ask the queries in the photo processing forum, other times no response will be, I guess it depends on which head screener ends up dealing with your appeal. Although rest assured that these issues have been brought up by other members and between the screeners recently.
Having said all this, I have been quite a vocal supporter for Jetphotos.net and will likely remain that way. They're still one of the largest aviation websites in the world and photos do seem to attract a lot of hits, similar to airliners.net. But as Angry suggested, they do require a bit of editing know how before upoading, something I feel is worth learning otherwise theres no real point in spending a good chunk of money on a semi professional SLR camera.
Now with regards to heat distortion mentined by Angry, to an extent I mostly agree with standards set by Jetphotos and Airliners. It's just the way I am however I simply can't stand seeing heat distortion in my photos hence I can't stand spotting in Dublin betwee 11am and 3pm when the heat distortion becomes too much. Call me fickle and laugh at me but I'd rather look at nice crisp clean photos
An example of a photograph ruined by heat distortion;
Some heat distortion is acceptable in photos but where to draw the line that suits everybody?
Compare the above image to the heat free image below, quite a difference.
Sorry for the long reply! Declan, if you need a hand with any of your photos, just let us know,
Dave
