The January comp has now closed

[Roelio]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 6 2015,9:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I do love the use off the ole style bridals .. I was impress so much .. don't think the Charles de Gaulle has any sort off catcher .. Wounder if the French would bring there Nuclear Carrier to our shores for us to check out

Would love to see it! Although I have been on one carrier, the USS Interpid, which lays in New York and serves as a museum now. I don't recommend to stay on the deck for too long in the summer though Get's quite hot up there!

[Ian Warren]

Know the CV-11 very well .. least she had bridal catchers on her

[steelsporran]

Changed my rush job entry. http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...t&p=8367141

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (steelsporran @ Jan 6 2015,2:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Changed my rush job entry.

What is it with this 'NO NUKE' policy every-time ya go into a hospital ya get Zapped

Love to see the Nimitz drive into Lyttleton harbour and with the greenie style logan ... YEAH ! what the bloody ell are ya going to do about it ! .. Now I'd really get out my 'Betty Crocker Cake' mix and invite them over here .

[emfrat]

I reckon Betty Crocker cakes do more harm than yellowcake

[matthw]

Night approach on goggles ready to embark from Devonport.



Matt

[Ian Warren]

Matt , that is a super nice approach to the screenie comp ... really is outside

[scaber]

A2A Cherokee turning onto finals for runway 20 at NZNS just on sunset.

[Sonnyj]

Amended compliant screenie..

http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...24#entry8367170

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (scaber @ Jan 9 2015,3:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A2A Cherokee turning onto finals for runway 20 at NZNS just on sunset.

Even in the day its night NS , had to be the location for you

QUOTE (Sonnyj @ Jan 9 2015,3:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Amended compliant screenie..

SHIFT CHANGE .. come one boys .. there is a War on

[Olderndirt]

Runway 16 - NZWN.

[Ian Warren]

Crikey Dave Pleased I'm inside the well inside .. it looks horrid out there on your approach

[chopper_nut]

Looks like every night I was out on that damn runway Dave... Nice shot.

[000rick000]

These are all great shots...I can't help but wonder if they are all actually at night> 1/2 hour after the end of civil twilight...

not to be picky....but to be true to the theme of the comp...shots should be at a time during the period between the end of dusk and the beginning of dawn... looks like I'll have to change mine as well

[Ian Warren]

Rick, That is a good point, I did see this ... It did give people artistic license but still answer to the higher above, people s idea off a Nighttime ... I would go with your own idea and theme and beat the bloody pant's off em

[steelsporran]

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Jan 4 2015,4:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The main purpose of the theme for each months comp is to give you guys something to work on and see who can use the theme to their best advantage and come up with the best scenario for that particular theme to create a good screenshot.

I know a lot deviate from the theme each month which is a little disappointing but I am not going to insist that it be adhered to exactly.

If members where to think of the theme and vote for the best screen shot that fits that months theme then maybe we wouldn't have so many deviating from the theme each month.

Well done Rick for considering the rules
Perhaps a reminder from Doug come voting time?

[dbcunnz]

This month's theme "NIGHT LANDING or TAKE OFF" I don't see anything in there about evening twilight or dawn but if you can capture a night image with good full moon you should have enough light to show up your aircraft and airport.

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Jan 4 2015,4:55 PM) *
The main purpose of the theme for each months comp is to give you guys something to work on and see who can use the theme to their best advantage and come up with the best scenario for that particular theme to create a good screenshot.

I know a lot deviate from the theme each month which is a little disappointing but I am not going to insist that it be adhered to exactly.

If members where to think of the theme and vote for the best screen shot that fits that months theme then maybe we wouldn't have so many deviating from the theme each month.

Well done Rick for considering the rules
Perhaps a reminder from Doug come voting time?

[emfrat]

This is a situation where MSFS does not help. At night in the sim, you can still see colours on the terrain. IRL, from 6000' on a moonless night all you can see is a big black patch with pinpoints of light here and there - that's the land; the other big black patch is the ocean. I abandoned one idea using a newly-risen full moon, because looking West, it was clear the sunset was a couple of hours away, when in fact at full moon, moonrise and sunset happen at the same time. Rick is correct in his definition of night, but a heavy overcast can make nonsense of the "legal" rule. How many people do you see driving around in the dark with no lights on, because "it isn't sunset yet, not for another twenty minutes."
When I am voting, my first check is 'Does it fit the Theme?'
And I apologise for replying here, because there is a separate thread for discussing the screenshot comp rules. Doug is very fair in administering that, comments are allowed, but anything approaching a discussion should be elsewhere.
EDIT: Doug got in while I was still typing

[000rick000]

Well at any rate...I need to change mine as it's taxiing and not taking off or landing!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (000rick000 @ Jan 11 2015,6:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well at any rate...I need to change mine as it's taxiing and not taking off or landing!

Well definition taxing to takeoff or landing after "NIGHT LANDING or TAKE OFF" is part, whether in the air ... that is part off flight.