Aviation Photography - the perfect picture?

[Nigel C]

There have been heaps of shots posted here and elsewhere online of aircraft, but in your opinion what makes a particular shot stand out from the rest.

What technical aspects do you see that make a perfect picture, what ruins it, what are your pet hates when you see aviation photos? What makes you sit back and go 'wow!'? What makes you cringe?

And after a day on Shep's Mound, or at Tower Beach, airshow etc, what is your keep/kill ratio, and of those you keep, how many do you edit for future viewing/publishing?

Feel free to post examples of your own work, both successes and failures.

Cheers