MOTIVE
Your photo(s) showed a motive that is not accepted by Airliners.net. This
problem may be due to a very wide range of reasons.
Some of the most
common examples are:
Photos showing just a part of an aircraft (with no motivation for doing
so, like a special sticker, damage etc.). Additionally, cutting off the
nose or a part of the tail can also result in a motive rejection.
Photos with distracting or obstructing objects in the foreground (this
is especially true for gate shots which are very difficult to get accepted
due to their common nature and the large amount of equipment which usually
surrounds the aircraft). Any equipment or objects blocking parts of the
aircraft will result in a motive rejection.
Photos that do not show an aircraft or anything sufficiently related to
aviation at all. Common examples are photos of ramp equipment, like stairs,
or cars. Or airport structures like radar towers, jet bridges, office
buildings.
Photos showing the date in the lower left or right corner of the image.
If your photos show the date on them please disable this feature on your
camera.
Close up cockpit shots with the only reason for the shot being showing
pilots waving.
Cockpit photos in which the pilots block out most of the panel
Photos taken through aircraft windows that show little wing/engine and
have no airport visible on the ground.
Photos that include window reflections. These can result from taking photos
through terminal windows or observations decks that are enclosed by glass.
Shots taken through aircraft windows can also result in reflections, or
can show scratches or dirt from those windows. This will also result in
a motive rejection.
Photos taken inside aircraft that only show tables, dinner trays, or personal
tv's. Cabin overviews that are taken from a very low standpoint and have
seatbacks block out most of the image.
Please note that motive rejections can also result from other, more subjective
reasons. These are usually of an aesthetical nature.
A
few examples of unaccepted motives:
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Planes
cut in half - Photo copyright © Javier Guerrero |
Cut
off stabilizer - Photo copyright © Thierry
Deutsch |
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Grass
covering the wheels - Photo copyright © Thierry
Deutsch |
Detailed
rejection reason from a screener: "The foreground has absolutely
no interest, the middle ground is cluttered and distracting, a band
of interest and a lot of sky" - Photo copyright
© Thierry Deutsch |
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Unjustified
crop if it wasn't for the waving pilot - Photo copyright
© Giovanni
Tessari |
Tree
branches "hanging" in the sky - Photo
copyright © Thierry Deutsch |
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Such
a close-up has to be well illuminated to be accepted -
Photo copyright © Thierry Deutsch |
Another
not well enough illuminated close-up - Photo copyright
© Thierry Deutsch |
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Main
subject not filling the frame enough - Photo copyright
© Thierry Deutsch |
Too
much ground clutter and stairs blocking the aircraft -
Photo copyright © Thierry Deutsch |
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Engines
cut without clear motivation - Photo copyright ©
Henk
Schmidt-Bergemann |
Picture
rejected due to visible window reflection -
Photo copyright © Henk
Schmidt-Bergemann |
This
is the most subjective rejection reason, sometimes simply that a photograph
does not balance well, an unusual crop or similar. This rejection also
occurs at times when a photographer tries something new but the screeners
do not feel that the final image has been successful. Reasons (or excuses)
for any such failure are not important, only the final image is considered.
Images very prone to that kind of rejection are shots taken out the window
of an aircraft showing landscapes with no highlighting detail like e.g.
interesting cloud formations, snowy mountains, recognizable monuments.
The
official rejection text states that photos may be rejected for motive
if they are "Close up cockpit shots with the only reason for the
shot being showing pilots waving", so if you want to upload a photo
with a well seen waving pilot, ask yourself the question: "Does the
shot stand by itself without the pilot?" If the answer is "Yes!"
you shouldn't get a problem this regarding.
The
motive rejection normally supersedes any other rejection so if you plan
to re-upload a photo rejected for motive, ask yourself the question if
you can change something on the motive. If you can't, chances to get it
rejected for motive again are very high, no matter how subjective this
reason may be.
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