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Hey so this is going to be a verry cool forum  ;D

So lets put it to use, I want to know how you get a lighting effect like this : http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/v35anchoragestorm1.jpg (image taken by stormtrooper)

The dark clouds but lighted plane are some of my favorite.

The composition of shots like this astound me but i dont know how to reproduce this.


All help is great  ;D

only a long shot, but you could try creating your own custom weather map, and put a rainy patch on one side (where you are flying) and a sunny patch (so you get the glint of light above the wing) like in that picture

never tried it tho, but, hey, the theory isnt that bad

Hi James.

It looks to me like Stormtrooper captured lightning reflecting off of his plane.  That is a great way to get a cool effect, but the problem is it can be very difficult to capture because, well, lighting is quick.  To capture lightning you have to pause it when the strike happens so that you can move the angle and everything however you want

Hmmm, to the best of my knowedge, that was just the sun reflecting off the aircraft, no illumination from scenery or lighting strikes...

...I think it was taken later on during the day, so the sun glare seemed brighter, and the clouds were just really really thick...so they seemed darker...

Orginal thread if anyone is intreasted...
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=paywareshots;action=display;num=1128544740;start=0

Jeff

It looks to me like Stormtrooper captured lightning reflecting off of his plane.  That is a great way to get a cool effect, but the problem is it can be very difficult to capture because, well, lightning is quick

lightning is quick....but here's a simple technique to easily capture lightning...
all you have to do is get your thunderstorm or whatever shot your working on to something you are happy with...
then press the slew key (y) and then the pause key now increase your sim speed to something like 16x or more...
then leaving the slew on quickly unpause and pause until you get that perfect flash.....using this technique you can often get a good flash or two nearly every click...be sure to watch the time scale though remmember your running at a very fast rate so adjustments to the time ie(back) may be needed for your desired lighting effect...

once your happy with what you've got turn everthing back to normal and carry on..
with a little experimentation and practice you'll soon be able to capture lighning with ease...have fun  ;)