I felt i would make this as i may not be the best at it but i see so many people take amazing shots of the plane but the background just kills the shot. For example the aircraft is in mid flight and you take a shot of it with ground that is blurry and unsharpened not just from distance. This to me kinda ruins the whole atmosphere of the shot.For the long range shot i find that if its taken at dawn/dusk it shadows and sorta masks the scenery to give it a nice effect. Like so:

Shadowed and better texturing

Daytime with less obvious landmarks and water


Now im not saying dont take daytime shots, there are many fine ones on these forums. For instance even without scenery sometimes plane and a light backdrop look great.

Or even in the airport setting


All shots have very good potential no matter what kind of rig you have, the feel to the shot makes up alot of what i think of and particualr screen. Does it have a realistic feel, does it have a sense of movement, those type of things to make it be all it can be with FS.
I have always liked landing shots i guess on the fact that theres always something going on. For example

That kind of shot has always been a favorite of mine. The huge jet flying very low to the ground it just has that sort of feeling to it. This also goes back to Eno's Lighting tutorial and Jake's Angle Tutroial. All of those things combined with a great aircraft and background can produce some amazing screens. As im sure we have all see atleast one of those somewhere here at Simv that made us just go "Wow"
Even little buisness jets can have a cool impact on screens. Of course this all depends on your preferances and likes.

So in conclusion I would hope this helped atleast someone, and remember keep your screens individual. All have some sort of artistic preferance even if you dont notice it something made you want to post and/or take that screenshot becasue you liked how it looked (All of these shots i hugely compressed so loading time would not be a factor) Please post if you found this helpful id like to know if i wasted time or not

It's an excellent tutorial Sniperman. Even if only one person learns something from it I feel your work here was worthwile.  Keep up the tutorials...if you hadn't noticed, 65 people have already read what you've offered.