Welcome to the Unofficial Screenshot Competition. This is a fun and friendly alternative to the official Screenshot Competition run by DTG. Here you can share your weekly themed TSC screenshots using any 3rd party / post shot editing etc. creations which are not allowed in the official competition. Rules: TSC only shots allowed. Screenshot should be in some way (can be very tenuous) linked to the theme. Otherwise anything goes. You can enter up to 3 screenshots, posted as separate posts. You can delete and replace if you wish. 3rd party content / Reshades / Reskins etc. are welcomed but are not mandatory. Previous week's winner to decide winner (can't enter themselves). The winner chooses the new theme for next week (and becomes the new judge). The Judge of the week's decision is final. We strongly discourage any negative comment or criticism of another entry by a fellow contributor, this is a light hearted & fun contest! This is a major "we are all friendly" thread and we hope it will always remain so. Please keep chat to an absolute minimum. Entries will close at 10PM GMT on Saturday, March 29th 2025 and will be judged by me - Craigie-C In the event of this week's winner not responding by 10PM GMT on Sunday, March 30th 2025, a new thread will be created using the results of this week's poll. The theme for this week is: "What A Beautiful Day" Does not necessarily have to be weather related, just give me your best take on what "a beautiful day" for you looks like, let your creative feelings flow. Feel free to interpret the theme however you wish. Have Fun
First! What a beautiful day of winter to travel the ECML! Was a lovely day for me personally due to being a successful attempt at ticking various documenting boxes: ECML, Winter, Class 47 in BR IC Swallow. And of course a fun drive after two years, previous one being with the TPE 158. A fruitful filler. I have little to no business in competing with UK shots on purely technical terms, but willing to add to the variety with hopefully interesting captures.
It's a beautiful Summers morning at Witham, England in the United Kingdom as Greater Anglia Class 315 '315825' pulls into the station having just come from Braintree being unusually assigned to operate the southbound Braintree Branch Line service 2F03 in 2013. Motive Power: British Rail Class 315 Route: Great Eastern Main Line London-Ipswich Scenario: APC315: 2F03 08:00 Braintree - Witham/2F04 08:26 Witham - Braintree Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, Reshade Just realised the angle of this shot is quite similar to yours triznya.andras! Great minds think alike?
Deutsche Bahn Class 143 '143 028-9' operates a service through an urban setting headed north to the fictional location of Altenburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland in German / Deutsch) during a lovely Summers morning. Motive Power: DB Class 143 / DR Class 243 Route: Koeblitzer Mountain Scenario: 02. Foggy mountains Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Reshade
A gorgeous summer morning finds train ISELC making its way southbound shortly after crossing the Oregon/California border.
Union Pacific Railroad EMD SW10 '1213' shunts in the industrial sidings of Quincy, California in the United States of America during a cold but beautiful Winters day on the now abandoned section of the short Quincy Railroad branch line during the 1980s. Motive Power: EMD SW10 Route: Feather River Canyon Scenario: [FRC 1.10] Quincy Hammerhead Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Reshade
It's a beautiful August morning in 1961 as 34078 222 Squadron is in charge of the 4:35am Exmouth Junction-Seaton pick-up goods. Route: West of England Main Line (Golden Age Developments) Loco: PLD Light Pacific
What a lovely day to move some cargo! Route: 2013-07-25 - Hamburg - Hannover Scenario: DB 294 - 08, Vans from Vinnhorst - Cloudy Summer Day
On a beautiful summer day, a blue-white P32 leads a blue-silver P42 pulling a silver something (meteor, star) towards Miami: Route: 2014-12-18 - Miami - West Palm Beach Scenario: AM P32 - 1, Southbound to Miami, Part 1 - Cloudy Summer Day I figured the P32 isn't great either as an ultra short form, conflicting with the AC-DM. Might go with the cryptic D8P.
Bonus pics, I was considering these but of course the limit is 3, so just sharing for fun (and traffic). Hence the thumbnail format. Basically my collection got really large (12800 pics now) and I used to just start a slideshow, but of course Win11 had to remove the feature. Reinstated after a year of head scratching. So these four are picks from today's set.
Tis past the witching hour when all competitions must close, so I hereby announce my podium places as :- Bronze Award goes to georgeuk90 for this classic Light pacific capture. The Silver Award is proudly given to mfeets for this wonderful capture of a part of the world I rarely visit in TSC world. A Beautiful day encapsulated perfectly. Which leaves my final choice for awarding the Gold Award to Blazin for this out of the box low angle capture. Over to you sir Blazin to take us all forward to Week 13. Looking forward to participating in the theme of ..........................? A massive thanks to you all for continuing to support this thread and offering your contributions. We can proudly state we are in our third year of running this thread and without the support and contributions of you loyal followers we would have died long ago. God bless you all, and may this thread continue long time
Thank you very much for 1st place and congratulations to the winners!! Awesome to hit the 3rd year of the contest, I think it has been 2 years of participating from me and I find it a very fun way to show off screenshots and compare to others in a competitive but friendly way. I will waste no time in getting the next thread up so as a sort of antithesis to your theme, the new weeks theme will be Gloom & Doom. https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/unofficial-screenshot-competition-week-13-2025.90475/ Enjoy!
