4th attempt at posting pictures...comments & advice most welcome Part 2

[Flying Trucker]

Between WSB "Warm Spring Bay" and KWF "Waterfall" Alaska



Seabee cockpit, few more gadgets than the Taylorcraft Auster.




Arriving overhead KWF "Waterfall".




Need a dock spot.

[Steve M]

Looking very good Doug! Nice scenery too. 

[Daube]

You're getting better !
The shots are nice overall, you are able to choose interesting backgrounds. The only remarks I have are the following:
- On some shots the view angle is good, but you should try getting the airplane out of the center of the picture, to make it more photo-like. Think about the view distance as well.
- The plane you are using is not very detailled. You should avoid close-ups shots, since they will only emphasize the lack of details of the plane. The screenshots that are taken very close to the plane, or with a very high zoom, are very difficult to achieve, because they require choosing carefully the plane, using only the most beautifull ones.

I'd say you're on the right path
Most likely I said it already in the past, but I'm looking forward to your next shots

[hhomebrewer]

The second one is very nice. Are those default ground objects? Is this FSX?

[Flying Trucker]

Goodmorning all...

The scenery is from MoCat's Snow Dog Tours, Part V and the aircraft is from the download section here at Simviation.

I am using FSX and Vista with a Nvidia Geforce 8800 Video card.

Daube I am going to fly one more leg with the Seabee... and then switch over to a friends DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver which you did recommend earlier to me.
I do not recognize the DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver as a Bugsmasher, it is more of a Bush Utility Aircraft however I have seen several on amphibious floats that were modified by their owners and would be the envy of any aviator.  Their livery was awesome as well.

Again thanks for all the advice and comments folks.

Oh and I am trying to stop at all the seaplane bases in Mocat's Snow Dog Tours V.  It takes awhile in a little Bugsmasher like the Auster but will pick up some distance and time once I switch to the Beaver.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Daube]

Last advise: you can update all of your addon planes (from FS9 or native FSX) with new camera definitions !

Just take a look into the aircraft.cfg of one of the default planes, for example the Baron. You see the [Camera Definition] sections ? From their inside titles, you can pick the "tail", "right wing" and "left wing" sections, and paste them into the aircraft.cfg of any plane.

Why would you do that ? Simple: those cameras can be adjusted exactely like the view position in the virtual cockpit. You can go back, forward, left, right etc... with the key combos CTRL+ENTER, SHIFT+CTRL+BACKSPACE, etc... and when you turn the head, the plane gets off-center ! This is really handy to make cooler screenshots !
The only drawback is that the view position moves so sloooooooooowly, you have to be patient.

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks Daube...great idea...

Now keep your feet on the ground....

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[patchz]

[color=#000000]Beautiful shots Doug.

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks for the comments folks...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug