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Nov 12^th, 2012 at 2:07pm

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Goodly afternoon all...

November 11th, Remembrance Day behind us and most of the outdoor activities at the old homestead and bugsmasher fields almost completed I had a chance to get back on Microsoft FSX on this electronic gizmo.

It has been awhile since I have done any computer simulated flights so forgive me for these shots, however I shall get back into the swing of things shortly... Grin

Windows 7 and Microsoft FSX
Flight Simulator Water Configurator set to Glassy Water
REX2
Aircraft: Taube Austrian from Simviation Download Site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrich_Taube

Season: Fall
Time: Dawn/Early Morning

Have flown many wonderful bugsmashers but never a Wing warping Aircraft...I think they could be quite a handful in real aviating...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_warping

Bugsmashing about...

Comments and advice most welcome...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Nov 12^th, 2012 at 2:51pm

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now we're talking....something really interesting

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Reply #2 - Nov 12^th, 2012 at 7:32pm

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Thanks "yancovitch"...much appreciated...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Nov 12^th, 2012 at 9:14pm

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1 and 2 are masterpieces........beautiful shots, Doug. Nice to see you flyin' on your electronic gizmo again Wink

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #4 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 9:31am

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Thanks Chuck...much appreciated... Wink

Shot #2 was over water and I was not sure I would post it or not.

I hope Stephane "Daube" jumps in with some pointers on Shot #2 as I am still not sure I like it or not.

With the sun peaking through the morning dawn and reflecting off the glassy water shot #2 was difficult to capture, while flying a wing warping aircraft.

Do not think I did the shot justice...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 10:39am

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Well now that is an odd bush plane... Cool

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Reply #6 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 11:12am

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I just love it, beautiful Wink

Must have a look at REX Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 11:21am

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Hey Doug, these shots are great !

I'll try to make some comments. I understand your frustration with shot #2. Indeed, the glassy water gets all white because of the sun reflection, which makes quite a blank background, right ?

One solution could have been to:

1 - Bring the camera MUCH closer to the plane. Same angle of view, but closer. Don't fear about showing an "incomplete" airplane in the picture. If the angle of view is right, then its perfectly fine to show just a part of the plane (like, forward half, stuff like that). Also, since the background is water only, don't be afraid to use the zoom. You can zoom on the water without fearing about blurries, take advantage of this !

2 - Change the orientation of your plane, but just a bit. The goal would be to show, in the background, the "edge" of the sun reflection in the water. The sun reflection, here, is a big white stain on the sea surface, right ? If you aim your camera just a bit aside, then instead of seeing only this white stain, you'll see just part of it, but also a part of a more colorful water, like what we can see at the bottom of the plane. Of course, you'll have to maintain this excellent "top-down" view of your plane, which gives a great feeling.

The combination of these two points shoud give some interesting results.

For the rest of the comments, you chose a very nice plane. I love the "baked textures" technique used by a few (too few) plane creators. It gives a nice "consistency" to the materials, the plane looks less cartoonish. Your view angles are nice as well, but you should make a bit more variation in the camera distance. Also, one of your shots, the third one exactely, doesn't have such a nice background. The view angle is cool, but there's not much to see behind the plane. Last remark: the last two shots are a bit too similar, you should have picked only one of them Wink

Got bloom ?
Got mountains ?
Got damage ?

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Reply #8 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 1:39pm

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Daube is a hard commentater Wink

But i surely learn

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Reply #9 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 8:51pm

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I kind of like shot #2. It kinda looks like a painting. Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 10:05pm

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Thanks Adam...you know me all to well.... Grin

By the way...have you managed to get parts out one at a time to build me a WACO?... Grin

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #11 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 10:11pm

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Hi "bass"...

One of the great things about our forums here at Simviation is the help one gets.

Stephane "Daube" goes out of his way many times to help me out when I ask for his help and opinions.

It is wonderful to ask folks like him when we want advice.

There are so many others here that a member can ask advice from on many topics... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #12 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 10:12pm

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Thanks Spitfire_Ace...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #13 - Nov 13^th, 2012 at 10:19pm

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Thanks Stephane "Daube"...

Will try another flight at Dusk with another bugsmasher I am sure you will recognise...

Never thought about zooming in on the water so will give it a try, guess I was too busy trying to fly the aircraft, will start to use the Pause Button again... Grin

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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