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Hi all,

These shots are just to illustrate some discussion we had with Flying Trucker about possible view angles when it comes to shoot a Beaver In this discussion, I told that one of the nice view angles consists in showing just a part of the plane, in such a way that you remove from the screen all the possibly ugly parts of the background.

I suggested to try to place the camera next to the floats, at ground/sea level, and aim right at the engine. Since it was not so clear, here is what I got after moving the "right wing to cockpit" view with the usual commands:


In this picture, I placed the camera next to the right float, and zoomed out to 0.70 or 0.60. The plane has a good orientation, but the docks are quite ugly/blurry, so it was not such a good idea to show them

I guess I'll be the one to say it...
Nice Beaver!   :D
There's nothing quite like a good Beaver shot.
Seriously though,  I love the camera angles.

Thanks Stephane..."Daube"...

The second shot is what I was looking for...

The last shot is the best, I think the only problem is the possibility of door damage when the engine starts up when in real flight.

I started the DeHavilland DHC-3 single radial engine Otter on amphibious floats with the door open a number of times and it is not really a good idea...

When that door shut...it shut...and lucky the window was down...

Thanks for taking the time to show us some great camera positions Stephane "Daube"...

Oh yes, that makes sense ! 
I didn't think that in real life, the prop blast would just "blast" the door
Ok, then let's say: same shot with engine shut down 

Ok Stephane...still all good camera positions...