Gee, I hope you didnt really feel beat up.
Anyhow, I think there are several things to improve this colorful capture.
First, I agree with AuntiPode about reducing the noise in the blues. You should get any trailing of the yellows if you mask the plane carefully. Not sure what technique you used, but if you blurred the image, then painted a mask with black to reveal the plane, you might need a hard edged brush.
Second, I think the plane needs to be sharpened. After noise reduction to prevent further artifacts.
Few options on cropping, but essentially you want a more dynamic composition. This can be achieved by making the plane a bit less centered and flying either into or out of the frame. What this means is placing the plane with space more in front than behind, and either more above or below. You might try rotating the image a bit clockwise before cropping as Auntipode suggested. The plane will then look like it is descending more or banking harder, adding to the dynamism already captured.
Scott
Feb 17, 2010 at 07:24 PM
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