Post Processing -Super crunchy or extra crispy?

When I post process some images way to much, I like the feel the photo
may give while other gasp and talk about an image for many days...yet
the pros will snicker and say something brilliant like "Ewww, that is
horrible....why would you do that!". So I have gone against the grain
and shoot backlit aircraft to get the "important shot" that places the
aircraft on the ground.... I will bring all the dark areas out showing way
too much grain in the shadows, or maybe over or undersatuation. I
have been recently overprocessing improperly with HDR from a single
JPEG. Things have gotten out of hand and I am going way overboard on
the overprocessing....

This example is a dark backlit plane on the beach...the actual shot is
almost entirely a silhouette, and then I spent 10 minutes processing and
get this...

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...59263501-L.jpg

What do you think?

Can you post your examples of photo's taken too far?

I just got 2 rejections to Jetphotos.net and realized that my days of
uploading to the site are now long over. I can not believe that they
did not take my 2 submissions. Am I loosing my mind or are these
really that bad?

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...59181162-L.jpg
- Dirty Scan / CMOS Dust spots

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...59104788-L.jpg
- Oversharpen
- Window Glare / Dirt
- Too much or too little contrast
- Bad Info: Registration,Serial Number/CN

Its not that they are "bad," just not what the site is looking for. Your pics definitely have a more "artsy" feel to them, which I do very much enjoy, but I guess Jetphotos is looking for "proper" kinds of stuff. Take that F86 shot; you have been a member of AirshowBuzz for a mere few days and everyone went crazy for that shot. Maybe if you got rid of that dark speck in the clouds it would get accepted.

I attempted to upload there, never got an acceptance, but I never had much of a desire for it anyway. I don't want to edit to someone else's standards, I want to make my pics look the way I want them too, and develop my own style.

And yes, over-processing can be fun...
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...delta_loop.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...underbirds.jpg

I really like that second shot....little grain in the sky, but it is worth it!

Take this from where it comes. Im still relatively new.


I can see the dusts spots. As far as other reasons for rejection, they all seem to have to do with how you edited them. At least that is how I read them. Did you petition to ask how they can be improved? I usually get great feedback by doing that.

Fred, the B1, love it!

Derf. all three of your shots are awesome, and I can feel your frustration with the rejections. It seems JP has raised their bar the last year or so, being more interested in quality, and perfection, than photos that are slightly imperfect yet extremely interesting, and enjoyable. It would be nice if a third site existed, similar to the way JP used to be, where shots that are interesting and in this case artistic, but with minor imperfections could be uploaded and viewed by the world. There would still be rejections and so-so quality of common subjects would still get rejected. People who prefer only to view photos that have little or no flaws and don't enjoy viewing imperfect but interesting photos could choose not to visit the sight. Thoughts ?

Cheers

LGA777

Ron, one for rejected shots exsists but it does not have rejection standards. In fact they do not even reject non aviation pics it seems. It is called myaviation.net. I have a slew of them on there from early rejection on Anet. A fourth site with your ideas would be marvelous though.