Just to add my two cents...
-The Histogram is your friend. Learn how to use it and study it. It tells you a hell of a lot about your picture. And yes we use histograms when screening.
-White planes should be white, not grey, off white, yellow, blue or orange. Learn about Colour balance in your camera or how to colour balance your picture in the editing process.
-the JPEG process for storing pictures is destructive. If you shoot in JPEG, then edit in JPEG, then upload in JPEG, your pictures are going to degrade. Think about using TIF or PNG in the editing process. If you really want to get the best form your camera, learn how to use RAW shooting and processing.
-If its an overcast day and you don't quite understand how the metering works in your camera, put it away and come back another day. I have seen batches of photos uploaded with blown out overcast skies and planes looking like mere shadows.
-Make sure your monitor is calibrated. There are plenty of sites on the internet to help you align the brightness and contrast of your monitor suitably. Most computer monitors are wound up too high resulting in you winding the brightness down of the pic and then causing a whole batch of dark pictures.
A little bit of learning and prep can make your pictures stand out. It makes it a pleasure to Instant Add them. When you have to screen through a bunch of pics all with the same obvious fault, then that takes up a lot of our time.
It isn't about how many you can get uploaded, its about having a quality pic against your name for fellow enthusiasts to enjoy. If you want a pic on the front page, or a screeners choice, think about your pic, decide on the best way to get that pic, then go get it. You might take 100 bad ones, but its one good one that makes our hobby worthwhile.
-The Histogram is your friend. Learn how to use it and study it. It tells you a hell of a lot about your picture. And yes we use histograms when screening.
-White planes should be white, not grey, off white, yellow, blue or orange. Learn about Colour balance in your camera or how to colour balance your picture in the editing process.
-the JPEG process for storing pictures is destructive. If you shoot in JPEG, then edit in JPEG, then upload in JPEG, your pictures are going to degrade. Think about using TIF or PNG in the editing process. If you really want to get the best form your camera, learn how to use RAW shooting and processing.
-If its an overcast day and you don't quite understand how the metering works in your camera, put it away and come back another day. I have seen batches of photos uploaded with blown out overcast skies and planes looking like mere shadows.
-Make sure your monitor is calibrated. There are plenty of sites on the internet to help you align the brightness and contrast of your monitor suitably. Most computer monitors are wound up too high resulting in you winding the brightness down of the pic and then causing a whole batch of dark pictures.
A little bit of learning and prep can make your pictures stand out. It makes it a pleasure to Instant Add them. When you have to screen through a bunch of pics all with the same obvious fault, then that takes up a lot of our time.
It isn't about how many you can get uploaded, its about having a quality pic against your name for fellow enthusiasts to enjoy. If you want a pic on the front page, or a screeners choice, think about your pic, decide on the best way to get that pic, then go get it. You might take 100 bad ones, but its one good one that makes our hobby worthwhile.
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