last update: 25.03.2008
Illustrated guide to rejection reasons
| - Introduction |
| - Blurry |
| - Borders |
| - Category |
| - Centered |
| - Colour |
| - Common |
| - Compression |
| - Contrast |
| - Copyright |
| - Dark |
| - Dirty |
| - Distance |
| - Double |
| - Editing |
| - Error |
| - Grainy |
| - Info |
| - Level |
| - Motive |
| - Overexposed |
| - Oversharpened |
| - People |
| - Personal |
| - Photographer |
| - Quality |
| - Reupload |
| - Size |
| - Soft |
| - General hints |
| - Links |
| - Masterclasses |
| - Terms definitions |
This guide is intended to help both experienced and novice uploaders to Airliners.net in their pre-screening and their understanding of rejection reasons. The guide features every rejection reason you may be confronted with; the name of the reason is given along with the official comment from A.net, illustration(s) of the given reason and some further explanation for better understanding and / or updating to fit A.net's current acceptance criteria (written in yellow). I've put this guide together according my best knowledge and experience. Thanks to all those who have contributed to this guide with their knowledge, comments and illustrations for their help!
Terms
| aperture | the opening in a photographic lens that admits the light |
| blemish | a noticeable imperfection |
| blurry | lacking definition or focus |
| to clone | to make a copy of |
| color cast | a color cast occurs when the Red, Green, and Blue channels of an image are not properly balanced |
| compression | conversion (as of data or a data file) in order to reduce the space occupied or bandwidth required |
| contrast | degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture |
| to crop | to remove the upper or outer parts of; to cut off short |
| focus | the area that may be seen distinctly or resolved into a clear image |
| grainy | appearing to be composed of grain-like particles |
| halo | a differentiated zone surrounding a central zone or object |
| heat haze | light vapor causing lack of transparency of the air caused by heat |
| jagged | having a sharply uneven edge or surface |
| jaggies | jagged surfaces |
| noise | an unwanted disturbance commonly referred to as grain |
| shutter speed | the speed at which the camera component, that allows light to enter, is opened and closed again |
Links to tutorials with detailed explanations on digital photography and post-processing:
- http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series
- http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
Hoping that this illustrated guide will be a useful help for any uploader!
Any feedback is welcome and will be considered.
So long,
Thierry