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Bingo! We have a winner! Now THAT's art, m8!  :)

I really like the direction that you're going in with this one! Much more subtle and more emotional content. Those things are part of the "magic"!  ;)

Oh yeah. One more thing. This is a great example of "less is more". That approach can give an image a lot of impact!  8-)

[quote]Bingo! We have a winner! Now THAT's art, m8!

By all means, M8, don't limit yourself. However, this type of image is, IMHO, at a higher level. It's harder to do well because:

1) There is less to work with so how you handle each element becomes more important.

2) You can't rely upon "the usual tricks of the trade". You know, strong burn and dodge for drama and high color for the "wow" factor.

Working with a low key image yet still having appropriate and effective highlight and shadow is a challenge but well worth the effort, IMHO.  ;)

BTW, was the precipitation in the image or did you add it by hand?

it looks great!! the only minor thing i can see is that its a very high quality plane, and the background not so much. but its not an important matter because it still looks cool. i have the same problem. just a suggestion would be to darken the plane a little bit and the lighting in the background is from the right and on the plane its on the top. but don't listen to me i'm not the one to tell you what to do because i haven't been editing for very long!!

[quote]it looks great!! the only minor thing i can see is that its a very high quality plane, and the background not so much. but its not an important matter because it still looks cool. i have the same problem. just a suggestion would be to darken the plane a little bit and the lighting in the background is from the right and on the plane its on the top. but don't listen to me i'm not the one to tell you what to do because i haven't been editing for very long!!

Hee heeeeeeeee! I'd say that DEFINITELY disqualifies it for the "Freeware Screenshots" forum!  ;D

You know, the better the initial capture the less obvious editing is required. That holds true for both edited screenies and for planes cut for use in composites. Yeah, you could make a capture with the light coming from behind and edit it so it looks like the light is coming from the front. The question is why in the heck would you want to do that, hee, hee!  ;D

Get it as close a possible in the initial capture and then enhance it to make it look better!  ;)

[quote][quote]Well, its not a composite so the lighting from the right is due to an opening in the clouds. The lighting must be right unless its wrong in the sim.

Love that plane...  where'd you get it?

It can be found here: http://www.carenado.com/html/freeairplanes.php3

Just install it into you MSFS9 folder.  ;)

All I have to say is: 1. very nice edit! and 2. why would you think the light is coming from the right?