Simviation Forum - Screenshot Critique: Randoms

Mar 4^th, 2007 at 4:26am

Arnaage Ex Member

YAY, compression!

Near Sitka:

Flying out of Sitka:

Opinions....?

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Reply #1 - Mar 4^th, 2007 at 4:29am

sgt donut Ex Member

awesome shots boyo.

that last one is so crisp its brilliant 8) Cheesy

john

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Reply #2 - Mar 4^th, 2007 at 10:12am

Jayhawk Jake Ex Member

Nice shots, but you are relying too much on scenery. Lemme explain...its like the post a while back about photoreal tails. Yes, they are nice, but they don't call for WOW amazing comments. In your first shot, its a nice shot, but not amazing, its just really good scenery and clouds. The second is nice with the clouds and the time and you clearly picked the right spot, this one isn't as much of a 'photo tail' kind of shot. The last one is good though, very original

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Reply #3 - Mar 4^th, 2007 at 10:29am

Heretic Ex Member

The foreground in the first is excellent, but the autogen starts lacking detail (and buildings) in the background.
Since number two is shot against the sun, it's way too bright for my taste. Yet the landscape looks quite beautiful.
No objections on number three. Crisp, nice angle, showing some action.

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Reply #4 - Mar 4^th, 2007 at 4:01pm

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I think all kinds of shots that people want to share are welcome, and whether one shot 'deserves' praise more than another is irrelevant. Just my opinion....

The first would be great as part of a set about a light GA flight. Or a 'look at my great autogen' type post. I find it natural that it isn't crisp in the background - it's very far away, and some people even edit their background by blurring in an attempt to get an illusion of depth... I've been trying it too...I also darken the foreground and lighten the background trying to get the same effect. So there's nothing wrong with the first.

The second is a pretty scenery shot, nothing more, but very easy on the eye... unless making something for a competition I usually think of things in terms of sets, and presented as a stand-alone the second isn't that special. But as part of a flight or a 'scenery of the X region' thread it would be great. Just like a photoreal tail as part of a set about a tube taking off from somewhere or other would also be nice.

The third for me is very ordinary, the plane should be to the right I'd say, and covering part of the background perhaps to make it more 'part of' the scene. The absence of clouds seems a bit boring too in this context...

I don't like one shot posts, unless they are either humorous, or of exceptional 'stand-alone' quality. One-shot sunset posts are my pet hate Grin

Particularly if that person has already posted three other one shot posts within an hour of each other. There is a name for this, four letters, beginnning with S... Wink

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Reply #5 - Mar 4^th, 2007 at 4:44pm

Souichiro Ex Member

1st and 3rd I don't really like no 2 is brilliant

in no 2 it looks to me that you have created both depth in the distance but also in height... something I find hard to do!

I'm not a great fan of crowded area's as they quickly look cluttered to me.

No 3.. The plane and angle aren't really to my tasted and the plane from nose to start of wings section looks to long to me.. That's just a question of personal taste though..

As for the 1 shot posts I agree With Krigl here!

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Reply #6 - Mar 4^th, 2007 at 11:47pm

Arnaage Ex Member

One shot posts? Huh? What? I don't get it? There is three shots.

*Throws tantrum* Wink

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The first would be great as part of a set about a light GA flight. Or a 'look at my great autogen' type post.

Yeah. I knew it wasn't a good shot, but decided to post it anyway as I didn't want to create an entire new topic. Tongue

Thanks for feedback everyone, I will take your suggestions into account, and try again.

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Reply #7 - Mar 5^th, 2007 at 4:13am

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One shot posts? Huh? What? I don't get it? There is three shots.

*Throws tantrum* Wink

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The first would be great as part of a set about a light GA flight. Or a 'look at my great autogen' type post.

Yeah. I knew it wasn't a good shot, but decided to post it anyway as I didn't want to create an entire new topic. Tongue

Thanks for feedback everyone, I will take your suggestions into account, and try again.

I was just explaining that all of these shots would be fine as part of a set, but as stand alone pics they wouldn't work... and stating that in fact I don't like one shot posts

I can see you have three Wink

Keep 'em coming!

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Reply #8 - Mar 6^th, 2007 at 3:03am

Arnaage Ex Member

Ok. Heres two shots taking in some suggestions:

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Reply #9 - Mar 6^th, 2007 at 3:14am

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As a shot, the first one is good - you've not just relied on scenery and shown more of an aircraft here. But #2 is by far the better of the two. The colours oare fantastic - by playing around with time / lighting etc you can create drama in your shots. In the first image I get the feeling of "flying on a rainy day". On the second one I ge tht efeeling of "Got to get back before this weather gets worse".Good joob Arnaage with that last pic, a fine pic indeed! Cool

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Reply #10 - Mar 6^th, 2007 at 4:05am

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I have to disagree completely with Spyro Grin

The first shot has much more detail visible and looks pretty believable, and pretty nice too...

The second shot is 'yet another' sunset shot with nice colours but less detail. Also, if you look at the water body you can see a blocky 'texture change' artefact...

If you want your shots to be popular sunsets are definitely the way to go, but trying to make a great screenshot without relying on sunset colours is more challenging, just my opinion...

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Reply #11 - Mar 6^th, 2007 at 4:18am

Arnaage Ex Member

krigl wrote on Mar 6^th, 2007 at 4:05am:

I have to disagree completely with Spyro Grin

The first shot has much more detail visible and looks pretty believable, and pretty nice too...

The second shot is 'yet another' sunset shot with nice colours but less detail. Also, if you look at the water body you can see a blocky 'texture change' artefact...

If you want your shots to be popular sunsets are definitely the way to go, but trying to make a great screenshot without relying on sunset colours is more challenging, just my opinion...

But are the shots good? Improving, oorrrrr...? Huh

Oh, and I am still looking for nice sunset textures. Do you know of any really good, and realistic ones?

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Reply #12 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 5:16am

Arnaage Ex Member

I continued this here:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1173262581/0#0

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Reply #13 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 10:03am

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Yes, the second set of pictures are 'better' than the first, that's for sure... 'scenery' shots usually do look better with a plane in them, because that's what you expect to see, and it isn't a real photo, of course, so they usually look a bit 'gamey'. But there's nothing wrong with a scenery or out of the window shot once in a while as part of a set. Not every shot has to be the best and totally pwn everyone else's, right? At least,that's how I operate

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