Welcome to the NZFF May 2012 Screenshot Competition.

Please read the rules before entering.

1) The screenshot image must consist of a screen captured from a Flight Simulator program (FS2004 or FSX,) and the position of the shot must be from somewhere within the New Zealand territory.

2) Some editing is allowed (if you know how to do it.) Additional images - either screenshots or "real" images can be added - but the main component of the image should always be of a Flight sim screen capture.

3) The images must be jpg and size must be at least 1024 pixels wide and no wider than 1280 pixels -- A good free resizing program can be found at http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm.
No txt or borders on the image. Please keep a high resolution version saved on your computer that can be cropped to fit the banner; the admin may request it from you at the end of the month to convert into a site banner!

4) Images can be submitted from May 1st until midnight 31st May 2012, with only one entry of a single image per member.
You can change your image anytime up until 1 hour before the closing time.
To change use the edit button at the bottom of your post, just delete the old one and replace it with a new one If you post comments using the quote or reply button please edit out all images from your reply or quote.

If you have any queries about the rules please PM me for clarification before posting your entry.

5) Soon after the competition ends, a poll will open for members to decide who has the best image, and then the winner will have a cropped version of their image appear in the NZFF banner as well as receiving the prize for the month.

6) This month being May the theme is: “MAY-DAY MAY-DAY” (Please state Aircraft details and the area of New Zealand the image was taken)

I ask all members to please patronize all our very generous prize sponsors.
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The voting will take place after the competition closes at the end of the month and the winner with the highest vote and the second place member will both get a prize each.

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FIRST BITE: PERFECT STORM

I was going to shoehorn this one into last month's "storm" category, but maybe "Mayday" is better



Cook Strait again, I've been playing Ships with the Andrea Gail and other great models from Deltasim.

Very nice......that sky is down right mean. Makes me want to read the book again (3rd time)

Now that would be original , a trawler calling 'Mayday' up as the banner .... you arent in search for those elusive 3 destroyers are you

Charl can I bring you back to rule #6
6) This month being May the theme is: “MAY-DAY MAY-DAY” (Please state Aircraft details and the area of New Zealand the image was taken)
I can not see or there is no mention of an aircraft in your post.

Its a Delta! ...actually Charl's screenshot has given me ideas

Paul , ya wanta borrow a Battleship or two .. got a special on the yachts and cruisers with KG5 .... Mayday Mayday ... were not going to make it ...

Now you mention it... never did get round to finishing that thought, eh?
Paul, you are almost there:
[fltsim.0]
title=Andrea Gail
sim=ag
panel=
model=
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=
ui_manufacturer=DeltaSim
ui_type=Andrea Gail
ui_variation=Andrea Gail - Perfect Storm
Description=Just to see if Doug's awake

Not sure if ships go Mayday! Mayday! but in flightsim, it's just another aircraft that floats!

be there done that ...slew

Love that movie, very sad story

MAYDAY MAYDAY ...This is factual .. the airline has been change , but for the the quick thinking of the flight crew , most all got of the aircraft , .... COURSE

Christchurch and Jan Kees take the honour here with his work but a memory and dedication to the flight crew . .. I'll post after the month on the incident .
OH! buy the way its a Boeing ... had it been ARBUST .. in the trees again .. or the ocean

OH! buy the way its a Boeing ... had it been ARBUST .. in the trees again .. or the ocean

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Don't forget the Hudson river....

*cough* Qantas A380 4 Nov 2010; Oh and it didn't drop its engine on people's heads...

Despite the wonderful one-eyed approach or perhaps because of it, this is one brilliant picture.
I've tried and failed many times to make stuff like this look convincing, very difficult.
Ze Artiste...

Most all passengers now want to fly ARBUST with US Airways only with Capt C B "Sully" Sullenberger at the controls one of the few flukes an ARBUST pulled off


Thanks Charl Its looking at those dang army training manuals that did it .... 'Commando' - 'War picture library' that caused my dilema

"this is one brilliant picture" as Charl said.....and i will add some thumbs..... Well done I.W

That is going to be hard to beat.

Can't wait for the chanengers

Well done Ian.

No its not ... the theme , Come on Derek .. Time to use this/your new fang-dangle PC and wipe that screen from the competition

Will do mate, I promise.

Had one for last month but with work missed the deadline.

My mossie is flying sweet

this is a tough one... im trying to get a pic that would work...

GO Kiwi , been a week plus - your the first to really think about it , time to TURN and BURN ... up to you to lift the game ... Looking forward to your screen

awww geez no pressure now

Nah ... Nah no pressure at all , now get on with it

Now were the heck is Derek and the rest off you guys

Second go... FSX Accel using freeware Avro York, landing on 3 at NZTI

Good on ya KIWI .. these are my fave DC-3s the LC-47s .. only one off two in the world happens to live on the other side of Christchurch , .. See no pressure at all

WoP/A2A's B-24 getting the pulse racing above Wanaka...

Steve .. I lovvvve that , reminds me of a book cover in front of me at the mo That is a real MAYDAY

A2A B-17 gone astray Mount Cook/Fox Glacier:



"Any landing you can walk away from is a *good* landing!" ... "B-b-but Sir ... it's COLD out there! .... MAYDAY!!!".

All credit to Jankees for his superb "weathered" repaint

Getting to like this , WWII theme in May

Ants tiger moth nearing milford.



Andrew

Jeepers Andy , i'd be getting that on the deck real quick , i'll call Milford and let em no your going down

Continuing the maritime theme (Gavins Rena scenery, NZTG of course)

Most likely a place holder as I know this one will get real heavy!

Flight Replicas 262 downs an unfortunate FCS Lanc over Tongariro

Houston we have a problem. Aerosoft Catalina somewhere over the Southern Alps NZSI

@ Dan , that answers my 262 question , Flight Replica it is

@ Bob , well I guess Jack Cousteau had better find a lake real quick

As always, great shots folks!

This is my first ever screenshot competition entry - please don't be too harsh! Dash-8 NZ2783 climbing out of NZHK enroute to NZCH and suffering an engine fire...

I have just read the rules and it says no borders or text on the image except this is the only one I have an I don't currently have any editiing software to remove them May I be excused mods? My sincere apologies!

ScottyB

Scotty , take your screen but pressing the default 'v' key for your screen , it will do it for you with out placing any text or borders , that is all that's needed or required .

Welcome to the screencomp, Scotty! Always good to see new blood

You'll need to check uncle Doug's instructions. Cropping is OK. The most important thing IMHO is to treat it as a screen PIC contest, rather than a BANNER competition. ie. Don't worry too much about the shape/aspect ratio of the pic. Doug can usually do wonders to make the pic fit the banner shape. Don't forget to keep your hi-res original (also useful if I need to create a Splash Pic from it).

Hi Scotty from the OK your first shot at the screenshot comp but you must read the rules before you enter and rule 3) The images must be jpg and size must be at least 1024 pixels wide and no wider than 1280 pixels -- A good free resizing program can be found at http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm.
No txt or borders on the image. Please keep a high resolution version saved on your computer that can be cropped to fit the banner; the admin may request it from you at the end of the month to convert into a site banner!
If you want to enter that image you will need to do an edit and re crop it to take out all the txt and border.
You have the software to add the txt and border you should be able to use it to take the txt and border off again.

I'll leave the decision up to Doug, but I'd definitely be looking for another image if I were you. Your shot doesn't meet the minimum width requirements, which is the biggest issue. The rule regarding borders is simply to keep the image big enough to build a banner -- in your case, the image is 1023 px wide, which is only 1 pixel short, no big deal, but the border would need to be cropped off for a banner, so the usable width is a lot less.

The 'no text' rule isn't so much of a deal-breaker, some classic shots from past comps wouldn't work without a caption, it's just that the placement of the text can't interfere with the banner. In your case, it would just be cropped off.

The rule against borders wouldn't be needed if people understood that the border can't be included in the banner, otherwise you'll end up with the top and bottom cropped off, and just dark lines down each side -- not a good look to head the forum for a month. If someone really, really needed to include a border to preserve their artistic integrity then the image width would need to be wide enough so that cutting the border off would still leave at least 1024px.

Since this complicated things a lot, there's just one simple rule regarding borders -- don't use them.

If this is truly the only version of this image you have, then you should pick another.

EDIT -- and Doug's decision is in.

Lots of aeroplanes on fire this month.... strange....

Must be the extremely hot weather we are having this winter

my entry for Mays competition!

dominie Franz Josef, engine failure

Goingboeing , splendid screen .. this is a famed area for the type

T-45C Goshawk with an engine fire over Northland

Time to bailout wildman , just make sure its close to a local tavern , could be a while before getting picked up

EJECT EJECT EJECT!!! A double engine fire causes the pilot of this F/A-18 Superhornet some issues around Mt Cook.



VRS Superbug
FTX NZSI

Cessna 152 (FSInsider) on a typical May day at Murchison.

I would have to be in big trouble to want to land in Murchison aswell...

Aaah ... very witty

Seneca (from Carenado fittingly enough!) in inverted spin over Ashburton Racetrack - I wanted to give the idea of panic, the rotation of the spin, the shuddering of the aircraft and the gradual loss of vision due to the spin forces acting on the pilot - he looks a goner, but I did recover though admittedly at a very low height! Actually it was pretty difficult to make this aircraft even stay in a benign inverted incipient spin so recovery was pretty fast.