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Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:28 pm
by Flying Trucker
Goodly evening all... :)

My first photos for 2012.

FSX and Windows 7
FS Water Configurator
3D Lights
HDE Clouds
Aircraft:

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:17 pm
by CHUCK79
1 and 3 are stunning, Doug............funny, I was flyin' around in the default 172 myself today......

https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 537599.jpg

.........and I was wondering to myself....... why don't I fly it more often?

Seems like a decent model to me, and that's why I haven't bought a payware 172 yet........

I do wish that the  VC and gauges were better.......and some good repaints would be cool too 8-) 8-)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:52 am
by Flying Trucker
Thanks Chuck, your comments are always appreciated along with all the help you have given me to make this a great hobby... ;)

Great shot of your C172 also... :)

Happy New Year Chuck.... ;)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:25 pm
by SkyHawk00
Great job ;)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:13 pm
by Flying Trucker
Thanks SkyHawk00... :)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:25 pm
by Bob70
Nice way to start off the new year Doug. Really nice snowy shots.  Where was the airport location? 

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:27 pm
by andy190
Great shots. I don't fly the C172 very much, not really my style, not that I have any. :)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:17 am
by Flying Trucker
Thanks Bob for the comment... :)

The airport was Orillia, Ontario and the Water Aerodrome is Lake St. John all from The Home of Flight Ontario...Freeware and very interesting site.

http://www.flightontario.com/

Just go to the Downloads and pick either FS2004 or FSX... :)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:21 am
by Flying Trucker
Thanks "andy190" for the comment... :)

Shows style... ;)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:20 pm
by Bob70
Thanks Bob for the comment... :)

The airport was Orillia, Ontario and the Water Aerodrome is Lake St. John all from The Home of Flight Ontario...Freeware and very interesting site.

http://www.flightontario.com/

Just go to the Downloads and pick either FS2004 or FSX... :)



Thanks for the link Doug. I downloaded

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:07 pm
by Flying Trucker
Hi Bob...

No I did not install those but I did install the British Air Commonwealth Training Program there.  (BCATP)

Lots of interesting locations there... ;)

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:52 pm
by BlackAce
We have a cottage 300km north of Toronto, and this looks a lot like it.  Where did you get the scenery?! :D :D :D

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:42 pm
by Bob70
[quote]We have a cottage 300km north of Toronto, and this looks a lot like it.

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:39 pm
by Daube
Hi Doug,

Those shots are quite nice, I must say I really like the colors in them. My favorite is the third one, it has a good background scenery with pleasant colors.

Overall, I think you should vary the camera distance a bit more (you know, with CTRL + '+' and CTRL + ' -'). The angle of view aren't bad though, but the first shot, for example, would have been better if the plane was closer, or not in the center of the picture. Same goes with the last shot: since there's nothing to show behing the aircraft, show the aircraft :)

Now, just to be clear, I am not saying to shoot all of your screenshots from closer to the plane. Distant shots are cool too ! But in a serie of screens, it's nice to have variation.

Re: Short winter flight to start off the New Year

PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:45 pm
by Flying Trucker
Thanks Stephane...very much appreciated... ;)