Scores After Round 4 : Team X : 1269.25    /   Team 9 : 1263.75

   

THEME #5 : "Mountain Vistas!"





Create a shot that shows a stunning mountain scene!

One of these judges really doesn't like FS9. 


Time to step it up and change his mind, mates.


Here is my first for 9:




And my second for 9:






All freeware, FS9. 

Bruce

JakesF14 wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 9:40am:



Anything done to a shot after it is taken, except resizing and cropping, is not allowed.   

one question....would volcano's classify as mountians?

ShaneG wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 10:48am:


well do...and thanks shane...i already have a shot in mind

I call shenanigans on the scores from last round! RECOUNT! I think there was a hanging chad somewhere

Great theme for this round

ShaneG wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 9:46am:

firemonte007 wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 12:57pm:

Haven't you used that shot before?

ShaneG wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 1:43pm:


dagnapit...wrong shot...sorry guys

Here's mine for Team 9. Swiss Alps.



Crash

Does a plane have to be in the shot? 

do to a mistake on my part....I posted a pic that was already used, I clicked to upload the wrong shot...I have redone my post, approved by prior by shane. sorry agian for my mistake

ShaneG wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 1:43pm:


Just to clarify this....

I have to make a whole new shot... I cant enter a shot that I have already posted on SimV that has not been entered in any contest?

Good luck to all! 

Do these count as mountains?

ShaneG wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 10:29am:


Not sure those are mountains by scientific definition. If I remember correctly it is a spire( don't have my notes with me)...  it may even look like a mesa( or one of them at least) might even be a butte

But what ever the judges think are mountains is good 

Get mine in before class lol

Off to drop some skiers off on a nearby mountain out of Lukla

ShaneG wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 5:42am:


Shane.... mercy is for the weak

haha, 10 make believe points for whoever knows what movie that quote is from. 

Well that was quick! yup, The Karate Kid 

I'm not planning on leaving. I'm here for the kill to stay...

Crash

Is this acceptable?

Orange Sky...

Git'em TeamX!!

Good luck Team 9

Tai-2 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 10:55am:



I wouldn't call either of them a mountain, but hey, I'm only a geologist...
Interestingly enough, there is no universally accepted definition of a mountain.
I'd call the Monument valley cliffs mesas, and the Grand Canyon is what the name says, a canyon, so a steep depression. What they have in common is that both show horizontal layers of rocks, so they have not been deformed, just uplifted.
In general a mountain is a rockmass that is clearly higher than it's surroundings, but how much higher? Numbers vary, but more than 1000 ft/350 m seems a lower limit, though 2000 m is mentioned as well...
Mountains are usually the result of either volcanic activity (Kilimanjaro, Mt Fuji or Mt Hood are mountains, but also volcanoes) or continental collision (the Alps, Rockies, Andes etc) in which case the rocks are deformed.
As for mountains having to be above sea level, there are also sea mounts....by some definitions, Hawaii is the highest mountain on Earth, as it rises more than 9000 m above the seafloor...flight simming would then become flight swimming...

ShaneG wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 5:26pm:


Yes I am, and thank you 

still in here

And here's mine for Nine.

Im also in for the rest of the contest...jay!

FS9 is going to get creamed by FSX...again! 


Mmmmmwuuaaahhhhh ha ha ha ha ha ha! 

Loving the quality of shots coming through so far from both teams. Excellent work guys, keep it up.

lunitic_8 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 5:16pm:


Have you got an HQ version of this? 
Glad to have you on my side

And I'm still in of course.

BrandonF wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 12:51am:


Sure....

Crash (continues to read newspaper)

aussiewannabe wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 12:45pm:

I would....
but my decisions would probaly be bias   , and I don't know if I might forget as well with some mid terms coming up

N. Chapman wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 12:48pm:


I dont get it....

I found it hard to pick one, let's hope this is the right one:



and in HD

N. Chapman wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 4:59pm:

gtirob01 wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 5:26pm:


They just didnt want us on Team X to win 

In Innsbruck



9

Mitch. wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 11:52pm:

What scenery is that? Looks a lot like TileProxy

Frequent Flyer wrote on Nov 25^th, 2009 at 8:58am:



High Quality..

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee222/lunitic_8/2009-11-24_15-52-23-932.jpg

lunitic_8 wrote on Nov 26^th, 2009 at 4:21pm:




Thanks, looking really good at that size!

It's 6:51pm here right now.. I still have 5 hours to get my shot in so please keep that in mind lol. and I won't be home tilll later tonight but I should have a shot in before then lol

N. Chapman wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 7:23pm:


we'll win regardless 

lunitic_8 wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 7:57pm:

Yeah, we know you'll win second place.

SubZer0 wrote on Nov 26^th, 2009 at 2:37pm:


Andy that is Grand Teton scenery by Frank Dainese.

X

I like team X's choice of scenery 

What a way to bring it home Andy, incredible shot.

patchz wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 11:06pm:

ShaneG wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 9:55am:


Excuse me for being *off*, but what scenery are we talking about?
Frank's sceneries = 

I went to get some more BlueSky scenery last night, and sadly, like you said, everything I wanted was linked to avsim, and had a broken. link. 

I really wish they'd get their heads out of their butts over there and either fix the links, or tell the authors that they're broken so that they can upload them elsewhere.  I'm starting to think half of the flightsim websites out there link all of their files to avsim.

It's been quite a while since that crash they had, you'd think some progress would have been made by now.     


The high resolution versions of the scenery at bluesky is still downloadable, as they use a different host server for that, but it takes a bit of CPU & GPU power to run it correctly, and it takes a LONG time to get enough of it to make it worth flying over.