What can I do to make my shots better?

[murjax]

Ok I was able to get the compression up to 82 while keeping it below 100. I also sharpened it again. Here's the result. So what do you think? Is there anymore that should be done with it?  :)

[DizZa]

The first shot: The plane blends into the background so to speak, the default scenery isn't very good, lighting is boring... to dark. Set the time back and hour and then turn the Camera so you're looking in the opposite direction.

The A380 shot:
Default scenery is bad
That plane doesn't look very detailed.
To bright and white.

Getting better though....

Take a look at these shots:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1181107638

Notice anything?

The plane NEVER touches the horizon, that just blocks the view and looks messy.

Some thing is interesting in each shot:
Shot one: Nice clouds, photoscenery, plane is lit up by the sun.
Shot two: Photoscenery, sun, clouds, sky colours, camera angle
shot three: Not much interesting here...... Clouds and sky are nice as is lighting
shot four: Lots of contrast, nice sky and scenery.
shot five: Nice sky, scenery, plane has contrast.

And with each shot the scenery and planes are detailed. And the Camera is also level with the Horizon, and the whole aircraft is on each shot, nothing is cut off.

[murjax]

The first shot: The plane blends into the background so to speak, the default scenery isn't very good, lighting is boring... to dark. Set the time back and hour and then turn the Camera so you're looking in the opposite direction.

The A380 shot:
Default scenery is bad
That plane doesn't look very detailed.
To bright and white.

Getting better though....

Take a look at these shots:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1181107638

Notice anything?

The plane NEVER touches the horizon, that just blocks the view and looks messy.

Some thing is interesting in each shot:
Shot one: Nice clouds, photoscenery, plane is lit up by the sun.
Shot two: Photoscenery, sun, clouds, sky colours, camera angle
shot three: Not much interesting here...... Clouds and sky are nice as is lighting
shot four: Lots of contrast, nice sky and scenery.
shot five: Nice sky, scenery, plane has contrast.

And with each shot the scenery and planes are detailed. And the Camera is also level with the Horizon, and the whole aircraft is on each shot, nothing is cut off.

Do you have any recommendations as far as planes and scenery? I need to get an idea of what I should use in my screenshots.  :)

[DizZa]

Trying using http://www.fs-recorder.net/ for angles and views.

Airplanes? Most of mine are payware as I love the systems......... PMDG, LevelD, Wilco, Real Air, and Fly the maddog are good payware ones......

Scenery? Search for any mesh for an area that you fly in, also try sorting them by downloads so you get the most popular ones at the top. Nice payware scenery is Flight Zone. Holger Sanddmann makes nice freeware meshes.

[murjax]

Trying using http://www.fs-recorder.net/ for angles and views.

Airplanes? Most of mine are payware as I love the systems......... PMDG, LevelD, Wilco, Real Air, and Fly the maddog are good payware ones......

Scenery? Search for any mesh for an area that you fly in, also try sorting them by downloads so you get the most popular ones at the top. Nice payware scenery is Flight Zone. Holger Sanddmann makes nice freeware meshes.

Ok, I will look into these.