Hello Terry,
Well to give my few cents worth.
Having looked at one photo -baby robin - when enlarged, there are signs of noise. But other issues which tend to come under technical issue are white balance, contrast, saturation/vibrance etc. But you have read about these right?
So, bearing this in mind, what I see is this.
The robin photo as it stands is a bit flat. It needs more contrast and a bit more vibrance. You could also alter the tone curve a bit more giving it a slight S-shape. White balance also could be improved a bit. As the robin is on the grass, the grass has given a slight green cast to the photo - only a bit though, but for me noticeable.
As an example you could try something like this:
You also need to tidy up the background, remove the blurred out grass - I removed it in this example.
However, these photos may fail on other reasons as well, like noise - artifacts.
Haven't looked at the others yet, but I think the issues would follow the same pattern. Contrast, vibrance, white balance.
Hello Terry,
Well to give my few cents worth.
Having looked at one photo -baby robin - when enlarged, there are signs of noise. But other issues which tend to come under technical issue are white balance, contrast, saturation/vibrance etc. But you have read about these right?
So, bearing this in mind, what I see is this.
The robin photo as it stands is a bit flat. It needs more contrast and a bit more vibrance. You could also alter the tone curve a bit more giving it a slight S-shape. White balance also could be improved a bit. As the robin is on the grass, the grass has given a slight green cast to the photo - only a bit though, but for me noticeable.
As an example you could try something like this:
You also need to tidy up the background, remove the blurred out grass - I removed it in this example.
However, these photos may fail on other reasons as well, like noise - artifacts.
Haven't looked at the others yet, but I think the issues would follow the same pattern. Contrast, vibrance, white balance.
Ask yourself if and how you would use these in a million dollar ad campaign.
Examine all images at 100% magnification and you'll begin to see the technical problems. And don't be defensive about rejection. Rejection is not personal. It's strictly business.
Sorry, but you are wrong. It's strictly business.
I just looked at the first image and I found at least 3 technical issues: Sharpening artefacts, noise and missing contrast. One of the issues would be sufficient to refuse the picture:
Look at the feathers and you will see sharpening artefacts, look at the eyes and you will see noise, as for the contrast look here:
The sharpening artefacts destroyed the image if you do not have the raw files.
AdChoices
