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I'm still working on a screenshot for the July contest. Did this one two days ago. Almost identical to Stubbedtoe16's recent shot.

Apart from the clouds (I'm a sucker for dramatic clouds), a very nice effort!

Apart from the clouds (I'm a sucker for dramatic clouds), a very nice effort!

I am too :-)

Thanks for the comment.

I am too

Well put some in then!!

I am too

Well put some in then!!

Roger that  8-)

How do you put dramatic clouds?

How do you put dramatic clouds?

A good add-on, I suppose. Can't find that recent entry of someone who registered late that had clouds that took my breath away as far as "dramatic" was concerned.

Well I like it Aussie. With regard to the question of dramatic clouds. I always use real world weather (static) but that's in FSX never used fs9, went there from fs2002, so dunno how it works there.
RWW isn't soo good for clouds if the real weather is clear sun

How do you put dramatic clouds?

It can depend on the type of clouds you use in which environment... for example, a low-level broken layer of tall thunderstorm clouds is gonna be more dramatic that a scattered array of cumulus, especially in a mountain scene, IMO.

All clouds have the potential to look dramatic... what you need is an eye that can see what lighting works with what clouds and environment.

To get the best out of your clouds, don't just settle with the first thing that the sim presents you with. Keep tweaking the weather and display settings until you get the effect you want.

Clouds can really set the mood of a shot... tranquil, dramatic, speedy, low-level, high-level, all sorts. It's crucial, therefore, to get the clouds right in a shot, as a number one priority, IMO.

how high are you?  I tried to take a blackbird that high, but it kept stalling out, and it wouldn't get about 500 mph indicated in level flight...not sure what I was doing wrong, but then I changed the altitude on the map and it still didn't seem like I was going very high...I think the highest I set it was 300000 ft.

[quote]how high are you?

Well I like it Aussie. With regard to the question of dramatic clouds. I always use real world weather (static) but that's in FSX never used fs9, went there from fs2002, so dunno how it works there.
RWW isn't soo good for clouds if the real weather is clear sun

Thank you, kind sir! I've only used real world weather just a few times. Might have made my around the world trip more entertaining in terms of weather. Like Harold, I'm a sucker for clouds, especially scattered clouds at altitude. I've made a mental note to use this feature on my Mexico, Central America, South America run. I want to see and feel realism in this trip.