Lights, Camera....ACTION!

[Clipper]

"Alpine Rescue"

I thought it might be interesting to discuss and submit screenart based on what your ideas and techniques are in creating drama and action in a screenshot.

Rotate!

To attempt to create drama in this pic, I zoomed right up to a rotating aircraft, putting it's nose right in the viewers face. I tried to capture the aircraft right at the point of rotation, giving the perspective a little originality. Then I added a bit of tire smoke, usually seen only at landing, but I thought it added a bit of drama as well.


So what do you do to create a sense of drama and action in your screenshots? Put up a pic or two and a bit of a desciption of how you put to-gether the action shot(s) the way you did..

[Ecko]

I always try to use the special effects of the addon, for example this plane has a "dump & burn" effect, which adds a lot to the shot in my opinion. Crash and engine failure effects and so on(...), can also add a lot to a shot.

Example:




A special angle, and "bad" weather can also add a lot to a shot, and give it a more serious feeling.

Example:

[Sniperman]

What plane is that in the first pic?

[Theis]

In Clippers post: A Bell 412 from Hovercontrol.com
In Eckos post: A F-111 from SimV (I guess...)

[Tom.]

ITs the alphasim f-111 theis

[Theis]

Ok, thanks Tom
But I was right that it was a F-111!