Новые правила на Анете для креативных снимков...
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/aviation_photography/read.main/390477/
A post for the community to advise on some recent changes that some have already noticed the start of.
There is a desire for content on the site that pushes the boundaries past the standard “sunny side on” or static display images. These images have proven to be very popular with our viewers and also allow our photographers to showcase a different side of their work. Of course the site desires the continuing upload and acceptance of more "standard" images – it is a database and these images contribute to that nature of the site.
In order to support the upload and acceptance of images that push the limits of photographic skill and creativity, and encourage more photographers to share these images on our site, we have established some guidelines for creative and technically difficult images, and a process for having these reviewed by a dedicated team of screeners.
It is no secret that over the years, screening has been done following relatively strict guidelines:
- The colour of an image is judged acceptable if it matches the colour of a mid-morning or mid-afternoon side-on. Cast for the lighting conditions found in early morning or evening or night time are often rejected for not looking as though they were taken mid-day.
- Centering of aircraft has also followed relatively strict criteria, which can be appropriate for side-ons where no motivation to off-center the aircraft exists. We have done better at recognizing off center compositions allowing for motivation by the background, but not consistently.
- Images taken under low light conditions (dusk/dawn) or after sunset (not stationary aircraft taken with long exposure times) have traditionally received relatively harsh treatment from screeners. While there can be many reasons for this, probably one of the most significant is understanding the difficulties of creating these images, and therefore not understanding what creates an acceptable shot under those conditions. The result is the use of the same requirements as for sunny side-ons, and we see a lot of great images rejected. The fact of the matter is, a panning image taken after sunset at ISO 3200 plus, will not have the same sharpness or grain as the same aircraft taken mid-afternoon 1/1250 shutter and f/8 – yet we apply the same criteria. Many photographers have simply given up uploading these images, even though what they are submitting is the best of the genre!
So….. what will we use as the definition of images falling under these guidelines? One easy way to define creative images is to say that they are any images that do not fall under 90% of the accepted images: sunny side-ons and static display shots – and then start from there.
- Images of moving aircraft (i.e. not traditional tripod/long exposure night shots of static aircraft) shot under low light conditions. The low light conditions could be night, or close to sunrise/sunset, or even caused by weather conditions (i.e. snow or rain)
- Images that require the extreme limits of photographic equipment, skills/technique and processing – high ISO, grain reduction, VR/IS in order to pull the shot off
- Long exposure images capturing light trails, streaks (i.e. not traditional static aircraft night shots)
- Images with creative compositions or cropping:
---> The composition needs to be balanced, the rule of thirds is a good baseline, and the aircraft can be off center provided there is some motivation for it.
---> Distance can be less strict – crop does not have to be as close as a database style image.
- Silhouettes by nature are not intending to show the aircraft under database style conditions, and therefore could be allowed to show some flaws such as heat/jet wash waves
- We will still insist on good quality of images and editing – if an image has basic editing flaws we will reject it with a detailed personal on what needs to be fixed up
We have put together a dedicated team of screeners and a way for the screening team to direct images to this team. We look forward to the community support as we implement this, there will be a leaning curve - we will reject some that shouldn't be and we add some that maybe should;t have been, but we will move forward.
Anyone with specific questions can email me at
[email protected]
Thanks
Pete
