Orbiter 2015 Calender [Submissions closed]

[SolarLiner]

Hi! :hello:
After being thanked by Tex himself (oyeah! :lol, I put up a second edition of the Orbiter Calendar, featuring your pictures!
So for this edition you'll have until December 15 to post your screenshots, and until the 25 to vote. The 13 first screenshots will be taken, the most voted being put as a cover, and the 12 remaining going from less voted for January to most voted for December.
As last time the PDF will be available as a download on Orbit Hangar.

WARNING: Submission are closed. Thanks to all of you that submitted your photos !

Rules for this edition:
- No restrictions on add-ons used.
- No restrictions on planets used.
- You may use D3D9/D3D11 to improve image quality, and may use any of the Orbiter betas. (Modified on 11/30)
- Try to keep the picture without the blackness of space.
- Keep a good resolution to your pic. (1280x720 at least, even though it gets blurry one on a A4 paper)
- Maximum of 4 pictures will be taken per poster (added 11/30)

- Please don't do too much post-production (such as color-correction) and keep the pic clear of text. If you want to add one, write it over your picture.
- If you post multiple images, post them by order of preferences, and if not enough people post, then your posts will be registered by that order.

May the best get to the cover page !


Submissions:

asbjos: Orbiter 2014 and the D3D9 Client.

boogabooga

BruceJohnJennerLawso: mode One-Bravo.

Donamy: It's an Orbiter. :lol:

GLS: What if ...

jroly

kamaz: Orange is the new black.

Kyle

Matias Saibene

NextBigLeap

Nicholander

perseus: Rings paths

PhantomCruiser

Samuel Edwards: Getting a little HASSESA in the Calendar.

SolarLiner: Best science labs EVAHH!!!

STS

T1234

Unstung

So far 18 users have posted a total of 39 photos !

 

[Mojave]

Perhaps one of these?

Might be a bit too post-production-ey but I figured I'd throw these up for auction...err debate.

Get a little HASSESA in the Calendar. :lol:

I posted two because I didn't know if the first one would be acceptable. Please let me know which one you take if you choose one.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Hard to avoid space blackness, but this is pretty balanced.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Still my most photogenic moment in Orbiter EVER:

 

[Unstung]

Both images had the contrast adjusted and were sharpened.

First, replacing the blackness of space with Titan's haze:

Second, AMSO launch with the VAB in the background:

 

[SolarLiner]

Still my most photogenic moment in Orbiter EVER:

You're going to kill printers with black ink with that image!
Sorry, but your pic being too pitch-black, I can't accept it.

 

[STS]

 

[jroly]

Orbiter calendar!!! cool

Most are from 2014 beta which I posted in the screenshot thread, I am sure to take some more screens that there is still 2 weeks to go.

 

[SolarLiner]

STS, I didn't take your second screenshot because it was mostly blackness.

jroly, wow those screenshots! Orbiter 2014 does really up the realism and quality there!

Also, I slightly modified the rules to explicitely include the betas, and to atke a maximum of 4 screenshots (the first 4 will be taken if more are posted).

 

[boogabooga]

How much is too much black? That's tough for a space simulator. :lol:

 

[Nicholander]

Is this good?

Well, I guess it's a bit too black, but maybe you can increase the brightness or something.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Some screenshots of the Warp ship concept of NASA, the IXS Enterprise. I hope have a good balance with the darkness of space.
I attach the folder of screenshots because MediaFire reduces the size of the images.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mo9cibeo3rm4l/Orbiter_2015_Calendar

 

[SolarLiner]

How much is too much black? That's tough for a space simulator. :lol:

I know, but it adds challenge
Ideally no blackness of space should be seen, but since it's almost impossible, I'd say that 60% black is too much black (it's a rule of thumb, and doesn't take into account black parts of spaceships; however shadows does count since it can add a great deal of darkness)

 

[boogabooga]

Were any of mine okay, or should I try again?

 

[Nicholander]

Yeah, I have the same question about my screenshot too.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Me too. But is...

a conspiracy!

 

[SolarLiner]

Some of them boogabooga (the two first in fact) are good.
Nicholander, sorry, but we can hadly see anything in your picture. Try again !

 

[kamaz]

Orange is the new black:

Cropped from this.

 

[Donamy]

It is an Orbiter. :lol: I blurred the background some.

 

[Nicholander]

Okay then, here's some others I've quickly made:

How are those?