VTSNAP

Submission and screening policy

Photo quality standard.

These rules govern every upload, automated flag, human decision, and appeal on VT-Snap. Reviewers apply a specific rejection reason whenever one issue explains the decision.

Technical quality

  • Aircraft markings, registration, and livery details must be readable and the aircraft sharp. Deliberate panning blur is allowed when the aircraft remains sharp.
  • Severe noise, unintentional blur, extreme exposure, extreme saturation, watermarks, fake skies, AI elements, and cloned objects are not accepted.
  • The horizon tolerance is plus or minus 2 degrees.
  • Deliberate artistic silhouettes may be accepted; accidental unreadable silhouettes are not.
  • EXIF capture date and the submitted date must agree or be explained and reviewed.

Composition

  • The aircraft must be the primary subject and occupy a meaningful portion of the frame.
  • Cropped extremities are rejected unless an intentional close-up makes the crop part of the motive.
  • Excess dead space, unclear tail-end motives, and material obstruction are rejected; in-use jetbridges and operational equipment may be acceptable.

Permitted edits and re-submissions

  • Permitted edits are levels or curves, colour correction, dust removal, sharpening, crop, and resize; the uploader must declare the edits made.
  • A meaningfully improved rejected photo may be reviewed again, but an unchanged rejected re-upload is prohibited.

Indian-condition adjustments

  • Mild heat haze is acceptable when the aircraft and registration remain identifiable; only severe destructive distortion is rejected.
  • Coastal humidity softness must be distinguished from camera focus failure.
  • Slight upper-fuselage overexposure in harsh midday sun may be accepted when the aircraft remains well rendered.
  • Minor terminal-glass cast or reflection may be accepted; severe tint or reflection is rejected.