Thats because you dont know what you are looking at

I'm looking at a picture of an aircraft

The requirement for entry ,as you say correctly, is New Zealand therefore every shot in the competition contains New Zealand scenery

I stand by what I said. That scenery could be anywhere.

Whether you own it or not let me tell you New Zealand has beaches , farms , forest , cities and even mountains. Some of these look surprisingly similar to other towns farms in other countries - strange isnt it .

There is still nothing in your shot to suggest NZ

Your comment is offensive not only to me but others that entered .Your response is negative too. For your information , if you took the time to properly look at the screen shot you will notice vegatation that you will only see in NZSI at this piont.

For your information, advertising, because that is the end product of this competition, is about getting the message across immediately. You're not supposed to have to search for it. The only message I'm getting is that you have a warplane.

In fact if you took the time to look at a lot of the shots in the competition and try to replicate yourself you may change your mind about their "worth ". Say what do your screenshots look like ?

I did take the time to look at the shots and in my opinion, which this is all about, that the standard wasn't that high. My screen shots are not being subjected to scrutiny, yours are. So, given that you're so easily offended I'll rephrase my original comments:Wonderful screenshot AlanA/greenie, on the strength of it, if I didn't already own NZSI I would dash out and buy it right now!Better?

Good grief !!IT IS New Zealand Scenery ..full stop. Sorry if happens to be in mountains . Its about making a picture and ,with luck, one that wins .The original comment that sparked this is shot down by yourself Ron .I see no need to continue this conversation ,its going nowhere , except to say , to the entrants to the competition that I at least appreciate the time and effort it takes to get that picture your after out of your flying sim unedited.

OK guys. Cool it!

Talk about thin skinned! You're pretty hostile there, Mr. Greenie!, and you shouldn't be, because Ron's comments are quite correct.Ron is one of the most skilled and 'artistic' flyers I know: his repaints are becoming legendary, and his screen shots - on the various other forums - are almost good enough to be featured in the National Geographic!!! :(

almost good enough to be featured in the National Geographic!!!

...right along side Emmsies! :(

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Right Alain !!

OK guys. Cool it!

.. just when I was starting to enjoy myself!Thin skinned - true theres not a lot of fat on my muscle .Sensitive - maybe, sounds better than being unsensitive. lol.Moving on now ...( pity these sort of posts are always entertaining reading )

INsensetive.

INsensetive.

Insensitive :(

Ouch! :( :(

Hi guys,

 

Not a lot of posts of FS screenshots (in fact none from me, haven't done any good enough yet) but I have posted a lot of Train Simulator Screenshots.

 

I have to say, sorry Greenie you ain't gonna like this, that Ron is spot on. However you MUST not take this personally. Your screenshot is a very nice screengrab of an excellent model of a P51. In fact I'd enter it as "Another Yank doing the 180 degree compass error ....finds himself in NZ....?!" :LMAO: ...but my American friends here might not see the joke :Waiting:

 

However the same issue arises in the Train Simulator community. Someone releases a new route, acclaimed for it's scenery and realism and the first one to proclaim "Shots of the new XYZ route" in the screenshot forum invariably posts 20 odd pictures of their favourite locomotive .....apparently taken in the new XYZ route .....only no one would know it.

 

It's not just Sim snappers who are guilty of this. Most Railway/road or aviation photographers are actually just Locomotive and Aircraft portrait snappers. The truly great photographers in any transport category are the ones who take a great atmospheric photograph that happens to have a certain train/aircraft/vessel in it.

 

Don't be so ready to take criticism as a personal slight. I went to Art School and trust me the one thing you learn there is how to take criticism. Given the brief "Take a great shot illustrating the unique strengths of the NZ scenery" your first thought should be "How can I show totally clearly that this is NZ" ? Then as any photographer you might think "When will that location look best? What weather, What time of day, What cloud/sky condition etc.etc." Last you might think what aircraft would be prototypical and really say NZ? Given ORBX's rather bizarre rules on what you can show in the shot (I say bizarre because the stills for there add-ons have loads of NON ORBX aircraft in them?) you might want to look at an NZ reskin of a default aircraft. They can't complain about that.

 

Not telling you OR anyone else how to do it here. That's just the way we were taught to look at briefs when I was at school. That was 40 years ago now but the theory hasn't changed.

 

Posted in the spirit of helpfulness. Hope folk take it that way.

 

Geoff