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Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 6:05am

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Experience shows its worth as a novice 109 pilot desperately dodges the lead of a battle hardened veteran.

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Reply #1 - Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 6:20am

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OH..... My God Shocked

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Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 10:31am

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I am nominating this for the gallery.

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Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 12:29pm

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Right into the wing....ouch...

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Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 9:04pm

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Wow... amazing edit, Mic, top quality! Well deserved nomination...

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Reply #5 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 5:23am

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One itty-bitty anomaly in this shot...not that it matters at all, it's stunning regardless...

You see the bullets coming out of the wing nearest to the camera - i.e the port wing... why is it that if you follow that trail of bullets, they are hitting further starboard on the 109 than the bullets coming from the starboard wing... it's almost as if the paths of the bullets have crossed in mid-air, but we can't see this...

Like I said, it's irrelevant, this edit is fantastic. Better than I could ever do, that's for sure.

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Reply #6 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 5:30am

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spitfire boy wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 5:23am:

One itty-bitty anomaly in this shot...not that it matters at all, it's stunning regardless...

You see the bullets coming out of the wing nearest to the camera - i.e the port wing... why is it that if you follow that trail of bullets, they are hitting further starboard on the 109 than the bullets coming from the starboard wing... it's almost as if the paths of the bullets have crossed in mid-air, but we can't see this...

Like I said, it's irrelevant, this edit is fantastic. Better than I could ever do, that's for sure.

LOL.....I never noticed that Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 7:23am

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Even if it's just by accident, the convergence effect is totally okay.

Not for the Hurri, but you should get the idea:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/weapons-systems-tech/me-110-weapons-convergence...

Although I had best experiences in IL-2 with 100-150 m for the 109.

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Reply #8 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 8:53am

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Very good.

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Reply #9 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 10:01am

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Björn wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 7:23am:

Even if it's just by accident, the convergence effect is totally okay.

Not for the Hurri, but you should get the idea:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/weapons-systems-tech/me-110-weapons-convergence...

Although I had best experiences in IL-2 with 100-150 m for the 109.

I was aware of the convergence effect before I saw this shot - what struck me as a little bit odd is that the bullet-paths seem to be running parallel to each other, and yet they 'swap round' so that they are hitting the opposite point on the 109 to where they should be hitting. If you look at the angle of the Hurri', the bullet lines actually make only a 90 degree twist, opposed to the other bullet-path, to end up strinking the 109 where they do. It's almost as if one of the guns is pointing straight ahead and the other one has been bent upwards.

Like I said before though, this is such a miniscule detail that even if anyone did notice it, they wouldn't really care - myself included, this tiny little confused area has done nothing to erode my view that this is a stunner of an edit.

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Reply #10 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 10:59am

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spitfire boy wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 10:01am:

Björn wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 7:23am:

Even if it's just by accident, the convergence effect is totally okay.

Not for the Hurri, but you should get the idea:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/weapons-systems-tech/me-110-weapons-convergence...

Although I had best experiences in IL-2 with 100-150 m for the 109.

I was aware of the convergence effect before I saw this shot - what struck me as a little bit odd is that the bullet-paths seem to be running parallel to each other, and yet they 'swap round' so that they are hitting the opposite point on the 109 to where they should be hitting. If you look at the angle of the Hurri', the bullet lines actually make only a 90 degree twist, opposed to the other bullet-path, to end up strinking the 109 where they do. It's almost as if one of the guns is pointing straight ahead and the other one has been bent upwards.

Like I said before though, this is such a miniscule detail that even if anyone did notice it, they wouldn't really care - myself included, this tiny little confused area has done nothing to erode my view that this is a stunner of an edit.

Just think of it as an escher drawing Wink

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Reply #11 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 2:10pm

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Very nice, Mic!

A few things to consider for you next image:

1) Canopy: Plexiglass should not be blue.

2) Antenna Wire: Picking up color from the paint on the vertical stab.

3) Lighting: The tail is one of the brightest areas on the left side of the fuse but the undersides of the horizontal stab and elevator are much less illuminated than the area under the wings.

Tallyho! Wink

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Reply #12 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 2:12pm

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Kleen Harry wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 2:10pm:

Very nice, Mic!

A few things to consider for you next image:

1) Canopy: Plexiglass should not be blue.

2) Antenna Wire: Picking up color from the paint on the vertical stab.

3) Lighting: The tail is one of the brightest areas on the left side of the fuse but the undersides of the horizontal stab and elevator are much less illuminated than the area under the wings.

Tallyho! Wink

Cheers...

not too sure about 1

2...completely understand but havent got round to doing a new wire yet...

3...noticed soon after I posted...sorted on my current one which will be put up when I fix the wire problem Wink

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Reply #13 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 3:02pm

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Here's a fast and easy way to fix antenna wires, Mic, as long as they are still on a separate layer from the background:

1) Polygon Lasso tool

2) Make a rough selection around the portion of the wire you want to work on. Since it is on a separate layer there's no need to be real precise as only that one layer will be affected.

3) Image > Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Lightness

4) Reduce the lightness until the desired look is achieved.

You're done! Cool

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Reply #14 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 6:06pm

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spitfire boy wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 10:01am:

I was aware of the convergence effect before I saw this shot - what struck me as a little bit odd is that the bullet-paths seem to be running parallel to each other, and yet they 'swap round' so that they are hitting the opposite point on the 109 to where they should be hitting. If you look at the angle of the Hurri', the bullet lines actually make only a 90 degree twist, opposed to the other bullet-path, to end up strinking the 109 where they do. It's almost as if one of the guns is pointing straight ahead and the other one has been bent upwards.

Like I said before though, this is such a miniscule detail that even if anyone did notice it, they wouldn't really care - myself included, this tiny little confused area has done nothing to erode my view that this is a stunner of an edit.

I noticed this too SB. It's just a matter of perspective. The upper tracers are coming from the left gun, but the hit the wing to the right of the lower bullets which are coming out of the right gun. But like you said, it's just a small detail.

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