September Screenshot Competition

[Alex]

This month Just Flight are sponsoring our screenshot competition. This means that the person who wins with the best screenshot this month will receive any Just Flight payware product they want free-of-charge, these can be viewed at www.justflight.com ... Now that's an incentive for you all to enter!

This is the 28th monthly screenshot competition, which is free to enter for all the members of NZFF.

This month's rules are as follows:

1) The screenshot must be from a Flight Simulator program (FS2004, FSX, X-Plane, etc), and the position of the shot must be somewhere over New Zealand territory.

2) The image size must be as close as possible to 984 pixels wide- read the uploading screenshot guide to find out how to re-size your shot. Please keep a high resolution version saved on your computer; the admin may request it from you at the end of the month to convert into a site banner!

3) Also remember, try and make your shot suitable for a thin rectangular banner. Think about that when positioning your aircraft and choosing camera angles etc. (and please don't include any text on the image either)

4) Images can be submitted from September 1st 2008 to September 31st 2008, with only one entry per member. You can change your submission before the closing date if you want, just delete the old one and replace it with a new one (by using the edit button at the bottom of your post. Please don't post saying you have edited your original entry, as this creates unnecessary clutter).

5) On September 31st, a poll will open and run for a few days to decide who has the best image, then the winner will have a cropped version of their image appear in the NZFF banner as well as receiving the Just Flight prize!

6) Editing is allowed, if you know how to do it. The more stunning your shots look the better!

7) This month's theme is 'Back to Basics' - show us what you do best in your sim! The rest is up to you.

All the best to everyone, lets see lots of entries guys! May the best screenshot win!

Alex

[Ian Warren]

'Back to Basics'....Alex ... I do like your ideas

[MentorMan]

I'll kick things off What I do best in my sim? Attempt to land heavies!

[Ian Warren]

love the 74 MnM ... Nice screen and brilliant edit

[creator2003]

Nice one ,,hhhmmm what to do this month there have been so many "back to basics " to this simulator ,its got me stumped already

[Peppermint]

Back to basics eh....can't come up with anything good, but I guess this will do at the moment

"Back to basics' rare visitors in New Zealand, this time Wellington gets a visit from an old B52H before it joins its brothers in the desert


Might change this later on, after all there is still plenty of time

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (MentorMan @ Sep 1 2008, 12:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'll kick things off What I do best in my sim? Attempt to land heavies!

Sweet shot. Unfortunately you'll probably be disqualified because of the moaners that don't allow real-world photos in screenshot comp entries. I reeealy hope I'm wrong

[Anthony]

I thought the editing rules were loosened to allow that VAC?
I hope so, because I quite like the idea of seeing the plane extracted from the FS background and put into a real world picture.
Actually I was going to comment how realistic that shot looked and then I realised... it was real
Another good topic as well Alex. Pretty open - lots of options .

[ShadowMystDK]

Back to basics:
Flight Training (L-159 Albatross ALCA)



Note: Edited post to change submission

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Sep 2 2008, 05:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sweet shot. Unfortunately you'll probably be disqualified because of the moaners that don't allow real-world photos in screenshot comp entries. I reeealy hope I'm wrong

QUOTE (THE MAN)

6) Editing is allowed, if you know how to do it. The more stunning your shots look the better![/quote]Phewwww

Last edited by NZ255 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Alex]

The final decision was that full editing was allowed. But I feel that most of the screenshot should be from your sim, should be a screenshot with bits of real-world (if you swing that way), rather than the other way around.

For the record, I don't think there is anything wrong with MentorMan's entry.

If you don't like some of the shots, feel free to vote accordingly, rather than vent here.

Alex

[NZ255]

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Phew, that's a relief! I might have a chance this month, and part of September is during holidays so I've got plenty of time!

[creator2003]

A dream world is were it all started for me ,so placing and hooning around scenery is back to the basics for me


this shot has only had filters added no import anything else

[MentorMan]

QUOTE (Anthony @ Sep 7 2008, 06:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Actually I was going to comment how realistic that shot looked and then I realised... it was real

Well only the grass is real Other than that it is all from the sim

[Alex]

Nice work Mike, that FEX package really sets it off. Awesome shot.

Alex

[Adamski]

OK here's my offering. I couldn't decide which of these two to use ... so ...

My first ever flight in *anything* was in a winch-towed T-21. Amazingly, we did a loop! My lunch survived ... and I was *hooked*! I reckon it's about as BASIC as you can get. No need for turn & slip indicators - you can *feel* it on your face Summer over the Coromandel ... is it my imagination, or do Air Cadets seem to get *older* year by year?



Now for the one below, I'd like to propose something new (if it hasn't been done before) ... a banner + CAPTION competition ...



Caption: "Errmm .. that was 1500 *pounds* of fuel we loaded, wasn't it?".

[Njbb1995]

Ha Ha only the RNZAF......

[waka172rg]

This months straight out of fsx NZTG's Hawker Hunter from the Classic Flyers Aviation Museum flying over picton back to the basic jet system. burnt alot of gas getting down these ways!

[Ian Warren]

Hmmm Now were to start was it the Mav of last week or the weight of that damm manual Instant Scenery , push the red button on keybourd

OOOoohpps ............ ................... Back to the Basic's