[Guest]

The "Bismarck" was first spotted by photorecon Spits before she broke out into the open sea. Once out, she engaged British naval forces and then fled with the Royal Navy in hot pursuit. Through a series of mishaps, the Royal Navy lost track of "Bismarck" and had no idea where she was for 30 hours until a Catalina of No. 209 Squadron, RAF, spotted her trailing an oil slick. British vessels then closed in and the rest is history.

[Mike10]

GREAT :!: :!: :!:

[whiskey111]

Fantastic clouds !! How You get it ? This is not IL2 doesn't it ?

[Guest]

Thanks a lot, Mike! Much appreciated, M8!

No, Whiskey, the clouds are not from IL2, M8. :wink:

It's a "composite" image. I used a photo that I grabbed off the net for the background BUT I only used a very small piece of a much larger image and worked it over HEAVILY with Photoshop.

If you have an editing program that can work in layers you should give it a try, M8! Takes a little while to get on to it but the more you make, the better you get at it. Lots of tricks to be learned. :!:

[Beaker]

Great work! I love the way Bismarck is "peeking out" behind the clouds and fog.

[Guest]

Thanks a lot, Aaron!

That "peeking out" was what I was going for. It was the hardest part of the whole thing and I must have redone it AT LEAST 40 times before I got something that looked half way decent! :roll:

Found an overhead picture of a navy vessel at sea. Replaced the vessel with an overhead image of a high quality scale model of the "Bismarck" that I fround on the net. The entire layer with the ship and the water is quite small but I only needed a small hole in the cloud cover.

Then the issue was where and how to position the ship layer. Did that over and over again til I was ready to puke, lol! I put a copy of the underlying background layer over the top of the ship layer and erased so as to leave some clouds. Erase too much or use the wrong size brush or the wrong strength on the eraser and you get to do it over... and over... and over again! :lol: The plane was the easiest part of the whole thing! :lol:

Despite the fact that it can sometimes be frustrating, it's still fun and a good challenge! :wink:

[Murilo Specht]

The Swastika seems to be inverted...

Awesome picture tho.

[Guest]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Your are DEFINITELY one really sick puppy, Murilo! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'll call you on that one, M8! That's one good old regulation Nazi swastika, Bro! :twisted:

[Guest]

Hhehe.Really,someone forget to change that after mirroring the picture :twisted: :lol: .
Nice picture of the "Dirty cat",as she was called latter,which actualy killed the Bismark...

[Guest]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Aboslutely right, Gringo! That's exactly what I done did. You know that because of your experience making images. :wink:

I looked for text or numbers but forgot about the swastika, lol! :lol:

Maybe I'll fix it. Very easy to do as I've saved all the work and all of the layers. :wink:

Darn! I was hoping that Murilo, or someone, would take the bait. Even had a bunch of reversed swastika pictures lined up in case someone posted swastika shots as "proof". :twisted: :lol: Was ready to play some trout! I'll take you there if you're willing to go! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks, M8! :wink:

[GentleKiller]

imho, rofl, it took me 5 mins to find the bismarck in the pic hock: :lol:

[Guest]

Kickass screenie, FB!!
I've been nailed by a hectic flu bug, but hopefully I'll be posting some new stuff in the next week or so... 8) 8)

[Guest]

Thanks a lot, M8! Of course, points must be deducted due to the swastika error! :wink:

Sorry that you have the flu, Big Bos! Flu is really nasty! Hope you feel better soon. :!:

If you're young, your body has plenty of resources to handle it so things usually turn out well. Get PLENTY of rest and drink adequate fluids. Hydration can be more important than nutrition with flu! :wink:

Uh... no beer though, M8! :lol: :wink:

[Guest]

Ok, Murilo, the swastika has been fixed, M8! :wink:

[Guest]

Oh, missed your insightful comment, GK. Sorry about that, M8!

IMHO, it was supposed to take you 5 minutes to find "Bismarck" in the pic, M8! Don't worry, GK, once you start actually making images, instead of merely posting comments on them. it may all become clear. :wink:

BTW, how are you coming with that image, M8? Any problems? Need some help :?: