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I'm sat here thinking... ....

..that scenery is enough to freeze my "carburettors" off... ...!

Paul...huddled up in front of my electric oil filled radiator, trying to keep warm!.... ...!

...I hate the cold!

Nice shots, Doug...shame about the snow!

Thanks Paul...

Oh winter is just around the corner Paul, think about it, no bugs...

Keep warm and don't get the chills...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Thanks Paul...

Oh winter is just around the corner Paul, think about it, no bugs...

Keep warm and don't get the chills...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

I always assume that you Canadians must get used to the cold, and it doesn't affect you.... ::)...!

Here in our Temperate Climes, when winter comes, for me its 6 months of agonizing cold in my large house (with no heating)...I'm not used to it!
I'm dreading the Winter again. I almost died of the cold last Winter!
And they talk about "Global Warming"....Balderdash!.... ...!

Screen shots of Winter make me weep!... ... ...!

Paul....Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.....!!!

How those chaps at Buffalo Airways, (Fairbanks), survive is beyond me!

Hi Paul...

One get's used to the climate here, four different wonderful season's each with their own special features.

You must remember Paul flying and living in the north, there is little or no dampness.
Now where I am in Southern Ontario right on the Great Lakes winter is damp so we dress for it.

Do you not heat with oil or electricity there to keep the dampness out?

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Thanks Larry much appreciated...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Cool theme Doug. And the sky in that last shot is gorgeous.
I'm with you on the bugless winter.

Says he, basking in the lovely warmth of KPIB!... ...!

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KPIB.html

Paul.... ... ...!

Cool theme Doug. And the sky in that last shot is gorgeous.
I'm with you on the bugless winter.

Says he, basking in the lovely warmth of KPIB!... ...!

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KPIB.html

Paul.... ... ...!

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Hi Larry...

What is the name of that twin engine seaplane at the bottom of your posts?

I thought it was in FSX Downloads but can't seem to find it...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Hi Larry...

What is the name of that twin engine seaplane at the bottom of your posts?

I thought it was in FSX Downloads but can't seem to find it...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[color=#000000]It's a Piaggio P-136 L1 Doug, a real one. Nobody had built one for FS9 or FSX. I've tried to get a few people, including some payware companies to build one, but no luck.

Thanks Larry...

Gosh I thought I saw one and looked for it and couldn't find it...

Interesting type and very few built.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_P.136

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Hi again Doug,

Here's a little bit of criticism from me
I think those shots are quite good, the only problem is that you didn't choose a very good scenery.

In the first shot is not bad at all for example, but in the second shot, the zoom emphasizes the lack of details of the mountain in the background. This should be avoided because this kills the quality of the shot. If you want to zoom on a plane, do it when the background is made of clouds or water. Avoid zooming on a blurry terrain

On the third shot, the angle is quite classic. Here again we have some blurry terrain, so you should try to choose an orientation of the view that show not too much of it. Also, if you want to make a screenshot in which the airplane is small like this, it's often a good idea to take the plane out of the center of the picture, with the techniques we discussed in previous topics together. On this shot, I would have taken the mountains on the left out of the shot, then I would have looked either a little bit more up, to show only the distant moutains, or down to show more of the "detailled" close terrain in a "top-down" view. Another possibility would have been to zoom out, and reduce the camera distance to compensate the smaller size of the aircraft. This would have made the surrounding terrain and textures look sharper. Don't zoom less than 0.60, or you'll get some bad fish-eye effect.

The last shot is cool. The only improvement could be to put the aircraft a little bit on the side, with the camera a little bit closer to the ground. In his way, you would still see the plane, the ground scenery details, and the background mountain and excellent sky. Other than that, that's quite a good shot

Doug
I liked the first best - trying to figure out what your taxiway companions were - looked of the Piper persuasion.

Thanks for the advice Stephane and Dave...very much appreciated...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug