Need The eye of the Artist

[a1]

I just took some screenshots that really question my own mind. I need to know what you real screenshot artists think.

#1: The first and original idea for this shot. I love the colors and the clouds. The thing that really questions me in this shot is the realism. The rain is blowing really hard to one side as if the photographer is moving as fast as the plane. That was my mistake. But also the way the rain moves and the colors makes this shot really dramatic in some ways.




#2: After I had already quit the game i noticed the problems and came back to it. This isn't the exact same angle but it was as close as i could get it. I fixed the rain movements but the color and clouds really hit me. I didn't have the 3-D aspect of the clouds as i had in the first pic. Also the color of the sky isn't very appealing to me.



#3: My final shot based off of the 2nd pic. I had fixed the clouds but the color I had decided to keep. This was my last attempt to do fix this shot up.




I need you to say which is more realistic, artistic, and best put.

[Canuck.]

the 1st one is my fav...if not the best

but if somone on the ground took the pic....2 and 3 make the most sense!

[john_uk]

#1

[cspyro21]

Even though you're sfter the look of "photograhper on the ground" A1, I would go for #1 anyday - the colours, angle, aircraft are all good and even though the rain is moving, I like that and feel it adds to the shot.