Image Quality

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Picture Quality

Dear Travel Artists,

I’m getting some beautiful images waiting for approval, that unfortunately, with a lot of regret I have to reject… 🙁 Please read why and tips on how to correct important issues that can make your pictures look ugly and unprofessional. *Also, attention painters who are using uncorrected photographs for their art.

CHROMATIC ABERRATION!!!!!

The issue is the Chromatic aberration ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration ) that can be seen when enlarging the image. This doesn’t look good on print and may be a reason for not selling if the potential buyer looks attentively at your picture.

Turning the full preview off is not recommended by FAA and it’s not a good idea to do this. The reason why is that the potential buyers will think that you have something to hide and they will be 100% right 😉

In addition, if you try to fool the buyer you may end up with a returning, money back product, which will lower your reputation…

Chromatic aberration can be fixed on Lightroom and Photoshop and here are some useful links I found for you:

http://laurashoe.com/2013/10/18/what-is-chromatic-aberration-and-how-do-i-fix-it-in-lightroom/

https://digital-photography-school.com/chromatic-aberration-what-is-it-and-how-to-avoid-it/

https://www.howtogeek.com/108321/what-is-a-chromatic-aberration-and-how-can-i-fix-it/

VERTICAL DISTORTION

Shooting buildings can be tricky. The main reason is that they are tall, and you need to get far away from them if you want to fit them into the frame. Vertical convergence and distortion are unpleasant and unwanted because they don’t conform to Linear Perspective cues where vertical lines remain vertical.

Why are my Buildings Falling Over? A Short Guide to Perspective Distortion and Correction in Photography:
https://digital-photography-school.com/why-are-my-buildings-falling-over-a-short-guide-to-perspective-distortion-and-correction-in-photography/

Controlling Vertical Distortion in Architectural Photography:
https://northrup.photo/controlling-vertical-distortion-in-architectural-photography/

How to Use Photoshop to Correct Perspective Distortion of Buildings in Your Images:
https://digital-photography-school.com/use-photoshop-to-correct-perspective-distortion-of-buildings-in-your-images/

BLOWN HIGHLIGHTS

Blown highlights are the bright areas of an image where all detail has been lost.
Instead of seeing the fine detail in the bright areas, all you see is a blend of pure white.
A classic example of this is in photos that include cloud. The cloud can appear as one blob of white, rather than nice fluffy clouds!

How Much Is Acceptable?: http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/hi_Blown_highlights/a_Blown_highlights.html

How to Avoid Blown out sky: https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/29139/what-to-do-about-blown-out-skies

Make quick fixes in Photo Editor: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/getting-started/quick_adjustment_effects.html

3 Ways to Identify and Reduce Blown Highlights in Lightroom: https://mcpactions.com/2015/01/26/blown-highlights-in-lightroom/

*** If your work does not meet the requirements above will be removed without notice – sorry!

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