The Realistic Photo Thread

[Jimbuna]

The balloon goes up :roll:

[Mittelwaechter]

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2277/nachtwacheoldfotojz4.jpg

"Switch back to red light!"

@ Bismarck

If your question is for me - I used Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8. But it works with Gimp too...

[Biggles]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7494/sh3img2162007141358546jv8.png

[KeptinCranky]

Just one, Busted through Gibraltar for it :rock:


http://home.planet.nl/%7Efourn003/images/oldie.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice shot hard earned KeptinK.

[Mittelwaechter]

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9941/kaleunoldfotoua1.jpg

"Der Alte" an Deck.

[Myxale]

:rock: Respect Mittelwaechter! The pic series rules.

[Mittelwaechter]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7940/nothisbestlandingoldfotgj9.jpg

"Sure Hans, this is not my best photo, but I guess it's not his best landing either."

@ Myxale - Thanks Mate!

[Dau-U-42]

I love this thread! Great photos, keep them coming! I tried to make one, too. The original is here (http://home.gwi.net/%7Emoffre/typeVIIB.JPG) (not made by me) and here's my version of it:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8749/dautu1.jpg

[Mittelwaechter]

Great Pic Dau! :up:

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2245/daralteoldfotoih0.jpg

U 73 - 11. August 1942 - 0200 - Kptlt. Rosenbaum

[Jimbuna]

USS Brooklyn

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3061/brooklyn3df0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[OuNiS]

Okie, found the color pics. :rock:



That's all. Carry on. :up:


The last realy kick my ass.
Very nice view!

[Mittelwaechter]

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1363/sleepingwolvesoldfotoeu3.jpg

Sleeping Wolves

[Biggles]

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1277/sh3img2992007149446pt7.png
This picture was taken during a DC attack against U-47 in the middle of Febuary, 1941. (Obviously, they lived to tell the tale.)

[Jimbuna]

The meeting point.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6278/50307163ao2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

Crew of the U-448 looking on whilst the SS Hampton Hart slips beneath the waves:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/sinking.jpg


The Galley:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/galley.jpg

Zentralle:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/ZentralleU448.jpg

[Myxale]

Outstanding Pics TarJak!:rock:

[Jimbuna]

Troop Convoy

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4194/trooptransportza6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Stuka Attack

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9754/stukadl6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Dau-U-42]

Very good, everyone! Special thanks to TarJak for marvelous pictures! Those scratches and smudges are so realistic that I actually thought my monitor was damaged (For real, I'm not kidding)! :huh:

[Morts]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/morty-dk/SH3Img29-9-2007_1558.27_484.jpg

U-1132 docked along side an unknown flower corvette in loch ewe on the 12th of may 1945
picture taken from HMS Flamingo the Black Swan that escorted the Uboat into port

(my first attempt ever to edit a picture)

[Sailor Steve]

Dear Mr. Morts;

Re your photograph of U-1132 immediately postwar: in-depth investigation of period records indicates that your 'unknown' corvette is most likely HMS Dunwich Castle, a Castle-class corvette commissioned April 6, 1943. Further investigation is underway in attempt to positively identify.

Sincerely, Warship International staff.

[Jimbuna]

We must get through!!

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8325/empire3hc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mittelwaechter]

Awesome pics gents! Keep 'em coming!

http://image-upload.biz/files/947c20a4f6894d915710a54c8.jpg

Sailors Nightmare

http://image-upload.biz/files/89159caa882cf15304b5d765e.jpg

U 506 - 12. Juli 1943 - 1540 - Kptlt. Erich Wuerdemann - 42°30'N-16°30'W (westward of Vigo)

[iambecomelife]

Breakup.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Breakup.jpg

[skookum]

U-46 leaves Wilhelmshaven once again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/TypeVIIBLeavingWilhelmshavencopy.jpg

[Brag]

Hunter in the Fog
Foto Balz

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr995.jpg

[TarJak]

@jimbuna You need to give your lens a wipe mate there seems to be some moisture on it.:lol:

@Skookum Nice shot mate!:up:

@Brag i like the fog effect !

@Mittelwachter Keep the series going It's great and I'de love to se it as a slide show in a single presentation. BTW your Kaleun reminds me of someone.:hmm:

[Brag]

anti poll bump

[KrvKpt. Falke]

Sticky please - i hate looking for this thread through all those polls:-?

Please? :)

[Brag]

anti poll bump -- YOU too can make a difference by bumping the polls down where they belong!

[iambecomelife]

Skookum, I like the strong black & white contrast and the simple composition - it's much more effective than some of the more cluttered entering & leaving port scenes. :up:

[skookum]

Skookum Nice shot mate! Skookum, I like the strong black & white contrast and the simple composition - it's much more effective than some of the more cluttered entering & leaving port scenes. :up:
Hey thanks guys!

Sometimes I think I play SH3 just for the stunning visuals, they my watch officer yells "Ship Spotted!"

This game truly rules.

More pics to come, I promise.


BTW --- Biggles, your interior shot is awesome.

[Erwin Schulz]

Probably not the best, but a humble contribution...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/ConningView.jpg
Entering port and seeing the Tirpitz

[Mittelwaechter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/a939be6419e980932f941f4a5.jpg

Tugin' the channel

http://image-upload.biz/files/976971465328c5799b113f420.jpg

Herbert at work

http://image-upload.biz/files/0e9e5a21436f2ba5f47317f1b.jpg

Lucky Luke

http://image-upload.biz/files/2dd17682fe48fdf1fdc66a21a.jpg

"Trail of smoke spotted, Herr Kaleun!"

http://image-upload.biz/files/0c98bfd85d7c87446a7652c17.jpg

Stormy FLAK

@ TarJak
Thanks for the nice comment.
I prefer a black background for the slide shows.

You should recognize the last Kaleun for sure...

[Morts]

nice:up:

[Jimbuna]

There are some really excellent shots around here of late :rock:
Well done everyone :up:

[Erwin Schulz]

First catch of the day...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/U-217c.jpg

An ammunition ship burns in the night while a tramp steamer determines the cause...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/U-217beta.jpg

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

how the heck can you go THAT close to ships ?
i get "bumped" over the ship when i try to take a verry close screeny at free cam. and mittelwachter gets inside a ship, TJ can get on warships decks and pen is almoast right behind the cunningtower of her sub :o

tell me ur secrets :yep:

[Erwin Schulz]

Do you mean how to get that close to the U-Boats? or the ships?

[Jimbuna]

how the heck can you go THAT close to ships ?
i get "bumped" over the ship when i try to take a verry close screeny at free cam. and mittelwachter gets inside a ship, TJ can get on warships decks and pen is almoast right behind the cunningtower of her sub :o

tell me ur secrets :yep:

You need the Top Secret camera mod :arrgh!:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

how the heck can you go THAT close to ships ?
i get "bumped" over the ship when i try to take a verry close screeny at free cam. and mittelwachter gets inside a ship, TJ can get on warships decks and pen is almoast right behind the cunningtower of her sub :o

tell me ur secrets :yep:
You need the Top Secret camera mod :arrgh!:

:hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

@ Erwin Schultz: You're pictures so far are all beautiful...and believable. Especially liked the 'Tirpitz' one.


Welcome aboard!

[TarJak]

how the heck can you go THAT close to ships ?
i get "bumped" over the ship when i try to take a verry close screeny at free cam. and mittelwachter gets inside a ship, TJ can get on warships decks and pen is almoast right behind the cunningtower of her sub :o

tell me ur secrets :yep:

If we told you our secrets they wouldn't be secrets anymore would they?:hmm:

[skookum]

A few more from my current partol. All operations on U-46 near the strait of Gibraltar.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Onthebowcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Manningthegunscopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Twotothebottomcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/DownSheGoescopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/2ndwatchcopy.jpg

[TarJak]

@Skookum Awesome!:up: Keep em coming!

[Erwin Schulz]

Thanks Sailor_Steve I know it not an art by any means, but I'm pleased I've managed to get some good ones. I'll post a few more later!

Everyone else's are great too! (Like those last ones Skookum posted)

[nikimcbee]

A few more from my current partol. All operations on U-46 near the strait of Gibraltar.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Onthebowcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Manningthegunscopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Twotothebottomcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/DownSheGoescopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/2ndwatchcopy.jpg

Those look great! They look like they are right out of Buchheim's U-boat War book.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i wanna know how its done... (those verry close to ship/sub pictures) :-?

unless its GWX 1.04 :hmm:

[KrvKpt. Falke]

I think it may be camera mod from Sergbuto:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=122690

[Jimbuna]

i wanna know how its done... (those verry close to ship/sub pictures) :-?

unless its GWX 1.04 :hmm:

@TarJak
AALLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRMMMM! !!!!!

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

I think it may be camera mod from Sergbuto:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=122690

thanks. will try it out right away :up:

@jim: so GWX 1.04 has this (or same kind of) mod in it :hmm:

[Jimbuna]

I think it may be camera mod from Sergbuto:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=122690

thanks. will try it out right away :up:

@jim: so GWX 1.04 has this (or same kind of) mod in it :hmm:

I've absolutely no idea :nope:

Too busy testing the Blackbirds in the Black Sea right now :hmm:

[Erwin Schulz]

For the outer shots I use the external camera view the '>' button and the others are just from the watch station.

Anyways, some more:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/U-123.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/U-123c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/U-123a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/U-123b.jpg

[skookum]

Nice pics Erwin. I like the funnel smoke on the horizon image.

[Erwin Schulz]

Thanks! That's my favorite too. It's actually me chasing a damaged Tribal Class destroyer that i'd put my last two into, so I surfaced and engaged her with the deck gun - turned out she wasn't as damaged as i'd thought so I limped back to Lorient :-?

[Mittelwaechter]

Sorry, I don't use a major mod or something similar. I run on stock with minor manual tweaks to loadout and crew.

1. Some close up shots are the results of a kind of bug for me. From time to time the following camera (".") centers itself at the stern of my U-Boot instead of centering at the conning tower. Switching through the contacts results in the same bug.

2. Other close up shots can simply be done by parking the U-Boot next to your desired object and hitting "." to activate the following camera. This camera moves into the forbidden F12 camera areas. This works on both "motherpoints" - your U-Boot and on the other ship.

I don't know what the others do to come realy close and I would appreciate to learn their technics (or is it "techniques"?). No. 1 is out of my influence and I often miss good situations...

I guess it's no secret to tell you this stuff. All should be able to make some good screenshots.

Have fun.

[Mittelwaechter]

For some strange reason I couldn't edit my previous post.

@ skookum

Those pics are simply unbelievable. They look like scanned out of a book or a magazine. How do you get them this clear and "original"?

[skookum]

I generally try for camera locations that would be accessible to real wartime photographers (eg. on deck or standing on a pier on shore). I try to stick to subjects that would have had a reasonable chance of being recorded. And I try to avoid using the weaker parts of the SH3 world that are obviously CG no matter what you try to do to the image (rain for instance). Other than that, I just play with contrast and levels until I'm happy with what I see. Some (secret) :|\\ filters aside, I generally leave the original .BMP untouched as my BG and just add adjustment layers over top to get the exposure and contrast I want.

[Erwin Schulz]

A destroyer goes down in Der Kanal:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/Der_Kanal1.jpg

Final death throes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/Der_Kanal2.jpg

U-123 inspects its work:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/Der_Kanal3.jpg

[TarJak]

i wanna know how its done... (those verry close to ship/sub pictures) :-?

unless its GWX 1.04 :hmm:
@TarJak
AALLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRMMMM! !!!!!

Crash dive Cheif! Take her down to 200m and fast! If we look like getting captured burn the photo's! :rotfl:

I'd love to be allowed to post some of the shots I've got from the next release but the Kpt. would have me up against a wall with blindfold if I did.

BTW the Signal and Life Magazine covers were only put out after gaining permission to distribute official GWX propoganda.:D

I for one do not use any camera mods, just arrow keys to position the camera where I want it. I try to get the camera somewhere that someone could have been to have taken a photo and then shoot. In the on deck photo all the clues about how the shot was made are actually in the shot. The only hint I'll give is that I used the ">" key camera and not the F12 free camera.

I've got to say though I'm blow away by some of the shots here guys the standard is excellent.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Kiel.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Homecoming (not from game, but one of my favourites tweaked)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3977/german20uboatiz0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

You gotta get a towel for that lens mate!:lol:

[Brag]

This has become a fabulous thread. We do have a bunch of creative people. Well done, guys. :D

[KrvKpt. Falke]

November 1940, BE86;

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/Infanticide_81/SH3Img4-10-200gg7_194511_5dsd93.jpg

[Jimbuna]

That smoke has had to be 'tweaked' :yep:
Surely ? :hmm:

[Erwin Schulz]

Imagine a posh, BBC accent:

"The Admiralty confirmed this morning that the loud explosions heard in the Dover area of the south coast were the result of a U-Boat attack upon the port. One ship was sunk. The HMS Jamaica, which had docked three days previously to resupply, was struck by three torpedos at roughly 6 o clock yesterday evening. 17 crewmen working in the bow of the ship were killed, with other minor injuries. Due to the shallow depth in the port, she is only partially submerged. Salvage efforts began this morning. The U-boat could not be tracked, although it is suspected to be the same that sunk a destroyer off Folkestone the day before last. That was this morning's news"

The second torpedo impact on the Jamaica, taken by the keeper of the west lighthouse, a budding amateur photographer:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/NF1.jpg

The Jamaica as seen from the main docks, taken by a naval photographer:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/NF2.jpg

The Jamaica as seen from a salvage vessel:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/NF4-1.jpg

A view along the deck of the Jamaica, as seen from a rescue boat:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/Craig_Bean05/NF6.jpg

:up:

[iambecomelife]

A bad day for "Jamiaca", definitely. I wonder if that U-Boat is going to sneak back in and giver her a fish to the magazine? That should put her out of business for good. :D

One thing I love about this thread is the stories that go along with some of the pictures - very entertaining.

[KrvKpt. Falke]

That smoke has had to be 'tweaked' :yep:
Surely ? :hmm:
No. Just adjusted contrast and then converted to b&w. ;)
Heres original:

http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/Infanticide_81/?action=view&current=SH3Img4-10-2007_194511_593.jpg

its racerboys mod:up:

[Jimbuna]

That smoke has had to be 'tweaked' :yep:
Surely ? :hmm:
No. Just adjusted contrast and then converted to b&w. ;)
Heres original:

http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/Infanticide_81/?action=view&current=SH3Img4-10-2007_194511_593.jpg

its racerboys mod:up:

It looks really cool all the same :rock: :up:

[skookum]

U-46 hunts lone merchants off Ireland.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/TorpedoImpactcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Trainedcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Coupdegrascopy.jpg

[coronas]

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9290/efectos23om4.jpg
Farewell, "Josephine"!
Coastal Command snapshot courtesy
Greetings!

[Mittelwaechter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/acce9067865efc6ca07e584d9.jpg

Shadow of the cold


http://image-upload.biz/files/ecbfd5afe8f806d117c4a886f.jpg

Liberate Brest


http://image-upload.biz/files/d1cf3f5bc1d538aa7b57248e2.jpg

"Next round - cut 50!"


http://image-upload.biz/files/88dfb00e3a32eb7eff438c927.jpg

Homeward

[KrvKpt. Falke]

Farewell, "Josephine"!
Coastal Command snapshot courtesy
Greetings!
Looking really great!
Can i make intro screen from it? :)

Edit] Like this:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/Infanticide_81/Intro_copy.jpg

Edit2] Tga file you can find here: http://files.filefront.com/Intro+copytga/;8730251;/fileinfo.html

[Jimbuna]

Great panoramic shot coronas :up:

[coronas]

Please, Falke make it! My humble contribution for great artists here!
I'll be gratefull if my name goes in credits.
Greetings!!

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

hope it is a good one.. i didnt realy like the way it came out...
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs21/i/2007/279/e/0/hunter_In_The_Mist_by_SilentHunter1944.jpg

[Jimbuna]

A job well done.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9016/sunk2oa8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[KrvKpt. Falke]

We should really gather the best screenshots posted in this thread (and the "official" one), make intro screens and release them as "Subsim Community Intro Screens Pack".:)
What do you think?

[Jimbuna]

Not paid to think matey....just ensure the smooth running of the boat and support the Kpt. :yep:
Good idea though :up:

[TarJak]

Well if anyone thinks any of mine are good enough to use for that purpose I give them permission to go ahead and use the shots posted here.

[skookum]

Hey Mittle,

That last pic is awe inspiring. Nice one. :up:

[azn_132]

Heres my first edited pic, An unknown Brit frm HMS Diamond took a pic of HMS Hood and HMS Nelson(Shortly afta dis shot is takin, HMS Hood got struck by 3 torps and sunk.)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/TF.jpg

[azn_132]

Here's more, I tried Picasa dis time, A sailor frm a German DD took a pic of a group of men hangin out while my boat is on the way to AN26.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img6-10-2007_214042_776bmp.jpg

U-33 passin Trip

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img6-10-2007_215940_706bmp.jpg

A coastal denfese crewgun took a pic of U-33 leavin Willhelmshaven.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img6-10-2007_22152_799bmp.jpg

Flak feeder man Gerhart Creutz take a pic of a trawler gettin srafted(sry, dont kno how it spelled).
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img6-10-2007_223221_593bmp.jpg

A survior crewmen of a unknown destroyer capture the last shot of the ship befor it disappear beanth the waves.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img6-10-2007_22402_448bmp.jpg

An Anson top gunner took a snapshot of its wingman planes and the Uboat under attack.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img6-10-2007_23119_307bmp.jpg

[Mikey_Wolf]

Some of them there photographs are breath taking!:up:

I think I'll have to dig in and get some U-97 action shots.

[TarJak]

G. Edgar Moorehead Sr's yacht Talohassee Wanderer off Havana November 1941:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/sailing.jpg

[coronas]

We should really gather the best screenshots posted in this thread (and the "official" one), make intro screens and release them as "Subsim Community Intro Screens Pack".:)
What do you think?
I agree. :yep:

Hey, TarJak! How is fishing? Good site for merlins! Have you beer and "mojitos" aboard?

[TarJak]

The fishing is fine mate thanks fine! :) I think we will be dropping into Havana later to pick up some more rum and cigars for the next leg of the trip down to Curacao!:up:

Meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic...

KzS Lempe watches as his deck gun crew shell a British Merchant in the Western Approaches:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Feuercopy.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Mediterranean Menace

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8008/u96dj0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7669/u96bpy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

U21 en route down the Kiel Kanal. Shot taken by a Wermacht troop train passing over the bridge near Rendsburg during 1940:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/kielbridge.jpg

U21 leaving Kiel harbour.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/BBs.jpg

[Dowly]

U21 en route down the Kiel Kanal. Shot taken by a Wermacht troop train passing over the bridge near Rendsburg during 1940:

U21 leaving Kiel harbour.


1940, eh? Well that's good news, now I know my WaW U21 will survive atleast for that long.:up:

[Lagger123987]

The Mediterranean Menace

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8008/u96dj0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7669/u96bpy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What paint program you use on these pictures? Actually, I want to know most of the paint programs most of you guys know besides photoshop and picasa what this name is.

[Sailor Steve]

TarJak, that Kiel bridge photo is brilliant!:rock:

[Jimbuna]

The Mediterranean Menace




What paint program you use on these pictures? Actually, I want to know most of the paint programs most of you guys know besides photoshop and picasa what this name is.

Besides the two you've already made reference to, I also use the following:

Irfanview
Gimp
Saint Paint Studio
Snagit

[TarJak]

TarJak, that Kiel bridge photo is brilliant!:rock:

Cheers Steve Always trying to bring the best to the best community there is.:yep:

@Lagger123987
I'm a Picassa and Photoshop man. I also use GIMP which is a open source editor that can handle PSD's

[Lagger123987]

TarJak, that Kiel bridge photo is brilliant!:rock:

Cheers Steve Always trying to bring the best to the best community there is.:yep:

@Lagger123987
I'm a Picassa and Photoshop man. I also use GIMP which is a open source editor that can handle PSD's

On GIMP I have no clue on how to make pictures look like the ones most of you guys did.

[Lagger123987]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z34/lagger123987/SH3Img26-5-2007_115347_228.jpg

[TarJak]

Have a play around with the filters. The main ones I use are Blur, Noise and Render. I start off in Picassa by making the image B&W or Sepia, I play around with the shadows and highlights and glow until I'm happy with the look then move into PS or GIMP where I add the border, depth of field blurring and film grain. I then add a new layer and mess with the scratches, hairs and damage effects using different brushes and brush thicknesses, turn that into an overlay layer and viola an old looking photo.

Keep at it until you come up with something that you like.

[AdlerGrosmann]

:o I think he wants to ramm me!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee287/AdlerGrosmann/SH3Img7-10-2007_133228_467.jpg

:nope:
Do not try to run bud! You're going down!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee287/AdlerGrosmann/SH3Img7-10-2007_124936_950.jpg


:know: I just graduated the fattest ship sunk course!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee287/AdlerGrosmann/SH3Img7-10-2007_1357.jpg


Where does he think he's going?:hmm:
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee287/AdlerGrosmann/SH3Img7-10-2007_134039_794.jpg

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

and you said azn was bad huh. liar :stare:
no one can make such pictures if they are "bad" at photo editing

[Jimbuna]

Have a play around with the filters. The main ones I use are Blur, Noise and Render. I start off in Picassa by making the image B&W or Sepia, I play around with the shadows and highlights and glow until I'm happy with the look then move into PS or GIMP where I add the border, depth of field blurring and film grain. I then add a new layer and mess with the scratches, hairs and damage effects using different brushes and brush thicknesses, turn that into an overlay layer and viola an old looking photo.

Keep at it until you come up with something that you like.

About as understandable as yesterdays TS conversation :lol:

[TarJak]

Clear as mud then?:lol: @Jimbuna This might help clear the mud: http://www.creativemac.com/2003/06_jun/tutorials/psrumple030603.htm

RAF SAR craft:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot1168687600-1.jpg

Two shots of the KM Scharnhorst taken from the deck of the Gneisenau
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/BB3copy.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0846copy.jpg

[Jimbuna]

@TarJak
Cheers old chap :up:

The inevitable price of war!! Part I

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/174/empire1ky6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3421/empire2ej6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Jimbuna]

The inevitable price of war!! Part II

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/6090/empire3bwhf0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1301/empire4bwla5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3545/hd22007100812052834uk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7243/hd22007100812055601ht3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7831/hd22007100812074450hx1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9601/hd22007100812061412qi3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3113/hd22007100812061945kw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1980/hd22007100812065170zo6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9362/hd22007100812063659yy1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4618/hd22007100812071968kw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)
January 18, 1940 The British Special Air Service captures a German U-Boat. The SAS members found this U-Boat loaded with equipment and research documents and a small amount of torpedos in the bow compartment. Crates where found to contain parts for a windtunnel, wooden models for tests, a large amount of blueprints, and highly detailed documents for aircraft that where never seen before, all of these where ready for shipment back to Germany. With this vital research now obtained by the English the Germans will have much longer to get newer and better aircraft that could possably win the Germans the war.

[VipertheSniper]

That's RTCW right? remember that mission.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Nope it Hidden and Dangerous 2. Its the last level in the Artic Campaign.

[Jimbuna]

Nope it Hidden and Dangerous 2. Its the last level in the Artic Campaign.

Thought it looked familiar :up:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Nope it Hidden and Dangerous 2. Its the last level in the Artic Campaign.
Thought it looked familiar :up:

you to ? :o :p

i loved to capture those pesky germans and tie them up to steal they're uniforms, to bad it didnt work with officers :shifty: (stole the caps of them)

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

HD2 is a good game for realism and comando stuff. The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that you can't throw the knifes.

[AdlerGrosmann]

Clear as mud then?:lol: @Jimbuna This might help clear the mud: http://www.creativemac.com/2003/06_jun/tutorials/psrumple030603.htm

RAF SAR craft:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot1168687600-1.jpg

Two shots of the KM Scharnhorst taken from the deck of the Gneisenau
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/BB3copy.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0846copy.jpg:doh: Say...how did you get it so close from the Battleships? When I try to do free view,it won't let me go in spots like that..:-?

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

anyways, back on track
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/Untitled-Grayscale-01.jpg

[AdlerGrosmann]

Nope it Hidden and Dangerous 2. Its the last level in the Artic Campaign.
Thought it looked familiar :up:

you to ? :o :p

i loved to capture those pesky germans and tie them up to steal they're uniforms, to bad it didnt work with officers :shifty: (stole the caps of them) Since you are a Captain and a German..I might as well tie you (pesky German) up and take your uniform and cap!:smug:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Nope it Hidden and Dangerous 2. Its the last level in the Artic Campaign.
Thought it looked familiar :up:
you to ? :o :p

i loved to capture those pesky germans and tie them up to steal they're uniforms, to bad it didnt work with officers :shifty: (stole the caps of them) Since you are a Captain and a German..I might as well tie you (pesky German) up and take your uniform and cap!:smug:
SM ? :hmm: hope not :o :rotfl::rotfl:

[TarJak]

:doh: Say...how did you get it so close from the Battleships? When I try to do free view,it won't let me go in spots like that..:-?

I'd prefer not to give away too much on how to do this or else everyone will be doing shots like mine. :lol:

Suffice to say I'm not using any special camera mods and to get these I didn't use "F12" free camera at all. I used the "<" or ">" camera that switches from ship to ship.;)

[skookum]

Back to topic:

U-46 leaves St. Nazaire under fair skies for Gibraltar. The photographer on board was using color film which had just recently been issued to wartime photographers in the German military.

Enjoy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Offagaincopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Smokeonthewatercopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Tothenextmealcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/COLOR_smokewatchcopy.jpg

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH31.jpg

British tramp steamer sinks after being torpedoed by U-54.

First try using Paint.NET.

[Jimbuna]

Great shot :up:

[skookum]

Nice pic!

[Jimbuna]

Still my own personal favourite :arrgh!:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/953/brothersinarmszg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

A new one from me.http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1254/sh3img710200719911270rm3.png (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&amp;myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

[TarJak]

@KHN Very pretty.

@LVS Love the depth of field! Good stuff!

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

See what you can do if you mess around with filters and effects!!

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH32.jpg

U-54 surfaces after torpedoing an British merchant in the Western approaches, mid November -39.

[Jimbuna]

That's nice :rock: :up:

[seafarer]

Not a picture, but if you are like me and not really knowing how to get photo's like those posted here, I have a bookmark for a Photoshop tutorial that might help.

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/antiquing-digital-images-in-photoshop-part-1/

I'm going to try this over the weekend (I have CS2 on my powerbook) and see if I can finally get something worthy of posting to this thread :D

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Another new one from me using RBs SH4 effects for SH3. http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/9834/sh3img10102007121147656js8.png (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&amp;myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

[Capt. Shark Bait]

just had to take this one for the reflection

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3707/moonriserv3.th.png (http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moonriserv3.png)
click to enlarge

[AdlerGrosmann]

Messervy has a REALLY reallistic photo!:yep: Well..a couple!

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/857101043/m/9871086695

[TarJak]

Not a picture, but if you are like me and not really knowing how to get photo's like those posted here, I have a bookmark for a Photoshop tutorial that might help.

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/antiquing-digital-images-in-photoshop-part-1/

I'm going to try this over the weekend (I have CS2 on my powerbook) and see if I can finally get something worthy of posting to this thread :D

Good tute! for some more advanced techniques have a look at these:

http://nexflo.net/stuff/PS.old/old.php
http://www.graphicreporter.com/tutorials/photoshop_agingphotos.html
http://www.photoshoptalent.com/photoshop-tutorials/old-looking-photos.php

The best part about this is using your imagination and experimentation.

[TarJak]

The Crew of U-1136 look on as their victim sinks:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1248copy.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1249copy.jpg

[coronas]

"On duty"
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8160/ondutypx9.jpg

Picture by Miss Helen Whealer, Star&Stripes corresponsal, taken from "SS Tenampa" bridge (North Atlantic, May/1942)

[KrvKpt. Falke]

Speaking of realistic photos...
Just found this on the web:
http://www.wehrkunst.de/album/german_uboat_ww2_photo_gallery.html#

Hope you didnt seen it yet :lol:

[coronas]

Excelent site, Falke. Thanks. I'm amazing how younger were crews, almost kids.
Greetings!!

[seafarer]

Speaking of realistic photos...
Just found this on the web:
http://www.wehrkunst.de/album/german_uboat_ww2_photo_gallery.html#

Hope you didnt seen it yet :lol:

Very nice link, btw, thanks.

If anyone can explain the 11th picture in the second gallery to me, I'd love to hear it (the one of the men, err, walking their wooden ducky toys down the road) :hmm:

[Brag]

Speaking of realistic photos...
Just found this on the web:
http://www.wehrkunst.de/album/german_uboat_ww2_photo_gallery.html#

Hope you didnt seen it yet :lol:

Very nice link, btw, thanks.

If anyone can explain the 11th picture in the second gallery to me, I'd love to hear it (the one of the men, err, walking their wooden ducky toys down the road) :hmm:

Good link, enjoyed it :up:

[nikbear]

Very very good link:up: I've just got some new screen savers;) :yep:

[Huskalar]

Very good link indeed. :up: But I also wonder why they are walking with those ducks. :hmm:

[Lafferty]

Nice pics. and thanks for posting the websites.

[TarJak]

This is one shot I'd love to be able to recreat in game:
http://www.wehrkunst.de/album/ww2%5Fgerman%5Fuboat%5F1/german_uboat_ww2%20%287%29.jpg

[_Seth_]

Very good link indeed. :up: But I also wonder why they are walking with those ducks. :hmm:

Easy explanation, my mates: This secret photo has just been revealed, showing the original layout of the picture:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8765/walktheducks1mi3.jpg

(Sorry, couldnt help myself...:rotfl:):up:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
SOOOOOO funny

[Huskalar]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

Plukka Duck that's funny!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Great site :up:

[Mittelwaechter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/ac9d3a8a85da55fd0d5e0bc44.jpg

Waverunner


http://image-upload.biz/files/00b9f94f1f861aa6aead71ed4.jpg

Take a break, Herr Kaleun!


http://image-upload.biz/files/34b39b664255a06099473a65d.jpg

To boldly gun where no man has gunned before.


http://image-upload.biz/files/06e3688fe9e31b6ea0602a766.jpg

Willi


Concerning the ducks I think it's a kind of tradition to party through the streets after finishing the marine academy. It seems to be related to the german kiddies song "Alle meine Entchen" (All my little ducks). I couldn't find a proof on the internet but another foto...

http://image-upload.biz/files/43e37dc914229e8d3a818a0bc.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice work MW!

Deck gun crew from U174 shells a merchant:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/gunnerycopy.jpg

[Jimbuna]

This is one shot I'd love to be able to recreat in game:
http://www.wehrkunst.de/album/ww2%5Fgerman%5Fuboat%5F1/german_uboat_ww2%20%287%29.jpg

U-Boats from the Weddigen fleet in Sassnitz 1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

[Mittelwaechter]

@ TarJak

I did some digging in Lt. Werner's photoalbums because I remembered a picture quite similar to your Sassnitz scene. It was taken during a private harbourcruise in Kiel according to the backside note..

http://image-upload.biz/files/0424067347d2544977a0a4d86.jpg


http://image-upload.biz/files/8499f092e5ed23ea15ac42a27.jpg

Lt. Werners girlfriend Helene Tauber.

[Jimbuna]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9093/empireavi8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6374/empire2acs4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

@ Mittelwaechter
Salute sir!:up:

[Lzs von swe]

A retouch of one of my favorite snaps:up:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/Tooclose.jpg

Russian plane coming down. Memorable moment:rock:

[Venatore]

Nice photo, very close, near miss by the looks of it :o

[Lzs von swe]

Thanks, and yes, a very near miss:up:

[Jimbuna]

Gives you neck ache looking at it....talk about a close shave :rock: :up:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

throwing a few more in (although im not that good in it), used some pictures wich are on my computer for a looooooooooong time :D

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/somthingsinking.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/Untitled-Grayscale-02.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/Untitled-Grayscale-04.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/Untitled-Grayscale-07.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/Untitled-Grayscale-08.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/Untitled-Grayscale-09.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/old-ish%20pictures/Untitled-Grayscale-06.jpg

[TarJak]

Two shots of HMAS Diamantina using depth charges to hunt for a U-boat, taken from an RAAF Catalina off the Cocos Islands October 1944:


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/DC1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/DC2.jpg

Geisenau, Scharnhorst and Graf Spee in Kiel harbour 1940:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/GSGS.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Nice ones....I'll have to put some of the surrender variety ;)

[TarJak]

U 252 leaving Kiel via the Kanal:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Kielbridge1.jpg

[coronas]

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3442/picture0192xt1.jpg

"Half Raspberry"
Painting by Mr. Ernest A. Figtree
Private Collection

[Jimbuna]

Now that is really cool :rock: :up:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i made a screeny and couldnt resist making this :rotfl::rotfl:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/LooseLips.jpg

[coronas]

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4813/picture0382rv5.jpg

"Inferno"
Painting by Mr. Ernest A. Figtree
Fasnet Pub Collection


Inspirated by film "Dast Boot"; I'm very gratefull to my friend, Frank "Chock" Harper accepting as payment of my big beer bill.
Thanks, "Chock"!

[Jimbuna]

Assembling for the surrender:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4962/sh32007101415121454ye9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kpt. Lehmann]

U 252 leaving Kiel via the Kanal:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Kielbridge1.jpg

WICKED AWESOME TARJAK!!! Born of the below photo yes?:rock:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/KptLehmann/german_uboat_ww22081.jpg

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Followed by the real thing too...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/KptLehmann/KBridge2.jpg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/1134/nightfightiw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&amp;myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)
This was an experiment by my boats photographer who also is the medic. He got this film from a Wehrmacht photographer who was working with a new type of colored film.

[coronas]

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4052/picture0154cn6.jpg[/url]
Tally Ho!

[TarJak]

WICKED AWESOME TARJAK!!! Born of the below photo yes?:rock:
Thanks Kpt L. Yes that photo was the reference I used. The guy hanging onto the side of the conning tower was a copy and paste job from the real photo. Looking at it I should probably make him a bit smaller and have edited and uploaded the corrected image.

I like Jim's surrender shot too there really are some awesome images in this thread guys and girls. Keep up the good work!\\

@ Coronas Nice swordfish!

[coronas]

Thanks, TarJak! When I see the Luftwaffe, I do another try.
Elegant bridge, elegant picture.

[Sailor Steve]

@Kpt. Lehmann: I knew that the original modder had to make the Canal very much wider than the real one, due to terrain limitations in the game. That photo, with TarJak's shot, really shows how much it had to be compromised. Interesting comparison, and thanks for the shots, both of you.

[Jimbuna]

The End

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1483/sh32007101415174767mx5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Brag]

Outstanding, Jim!!!
Really looks real. :up:

[TarJak]

Chalk and Charcoal sketch of Matrosengefrieter Bernard Dumkopf operating the hydrophones on U-555 by LzS Bachmann:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/sketch.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Outstanding, Jim!!!
Really looks real. :up:

It is!!........I was there!! :yep:

;)

[TarJak]

Outstanding, Jim!!!
Really looks real. :up:
It is!!........I was there!! :yep:

;)
With your camera as well!:lol: Good thing you had film in it and the presence of mind to take the lens cap off! :p

[Jimbuna]

Outstanding, Jim!!!
Really looks real. :up:
It is!!........I was there!! :yep:

;)
With your camera as well!:lol: Good thing you had film in it and the presence of mind to take the lens cap off! :P


Ya cheeky begga :lol:
:-?

[BulSoldier]

click for larger image:

Poor quality camera shot on a german Destroyer:

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5054/zestroyerfw6.th.png (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zestroyerfw6.png)



A luftwaffe plane shot down by a british task force in norway:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9305/luftwaffegonewrongattacoo9.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=luftwaffegonewrongattacoo9.jpg)


moments earlier:

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7908/luftwaffeattackinnorwayob2.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=luftwaffeattackinnorwayob2.jpg)



near misses on a troop transport (NORWAY):

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6137/bombedtrooptransportxd3.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bombedtrooptransportxd3.jpg)


total score of the attack:

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3946/afterattackbritishtaskfqo7.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=afterattackbritishtaskfqo7.jpg)

[Fenris_Wolf]

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3857/realisticcolorex1.jpg

[EZeemering]

Aboard the U-64 Stabsoberbootsmann Fritz Gerner picked up his old hobby. The amateur photographer had hopes to become a famous reporter for a big German newspaper. He has to wait to fullfil his dream with the outbreak of the war. At least we now have a change to see what is happening on the U-64.


U-64 departure from Willemshaven.

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-1.jpg


http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/sh3%20_r.jpg

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-2.jpg

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-3.jpg

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-4.jpg


Stormy weather on the North Sea!

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-5.jpg

[coronas]

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2646/picture0071iy2.jpg
A quiet evening

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1787/picture0011dc7.jpg
Loneliness
(To mi son, Edward)

[Jimbuna]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3500/cam2ft2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Brag]

The show is still going strong --well done, guys! :D

[coronas]

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9848/feuerfreizs1.jpg
Feuer Frei!
Indian Ink by Ltz. Julius Horsnt; present to his wife, after his 2ª victorious patrol (May/1940).

[Jimbuna]

Nice one :up:

Operation Deadlight photos coming soon ;)

[mstgnymike]

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/TankerTorped.jpg
Should they? I think ill stop playin sh3 now...sttt...pssst....pha...pAHAHHAHAHAHA..:rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
God i cant say thay with a straight face! Nice pic but die you allied bastards FOR THE KRIEG!

[TarJak]

Shot of U-59 prior to leaving Bordeaux, taken by a crane driver in the subpen U-59 was berthed in:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1346.jpg

[TarJak]

U-198 meets two U-Flak boats in the Bay of Biscay July 1943:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/meeting2.jpg

[coronas]

@TarJak:
Salute U-198. Great picture! :up:

[coronas]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6150/onsight2qs1.jpg

In sight!
USS Tracy (DD-214) Panama Canal Zone (September/1942).
Painting at Captain's cabin.
To my daughter, Mirelle.

[TarJak]

@Coronas Right back at you mate:up: Great stuff.

U-Flak at Sunrise:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Flaksunrise.jpg

[TarJak]

Crew of a British destroyer work to drop depth charges from the stern racks:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0489.jpg

SS Gulf of Aden breaking up after being torpedoed by U-198 July 1943:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0370.jpg

Convoy HX234 en route from Halifax to Liverpool July 1943:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0351.jpg

[mstgnymike]

jesus i swear i need someone to show me wutever mod or trick it is to get on decks and wut not for great screenies i have sum ideas and i need to be able to do that any help would be great!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Operation Deadlight Pt 1

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4560/opdeadlightpt1zi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

jesus i swear i need someone to show me wutever mod or trick it is to get on decks and wut not for great screenies i have sum ideas and i need to be able to do that any help would be great!:arrgh!:
It's not a mod! There is also no real trick to it. I just use the normal "<" or ">" key camera and mess with the arrow key's until I get a position that works. A hint is that having two units close to one another. You need to look at the radius of the camera "sweep" around the unit you are looking at and look for a ship that is close enough to be at least partially inside that radius. You can then move the camera sideways, up and down etc. to get the position to where it looks like a shot worth taking. It's a bit like RL photography in looking at the position you are in relation to the subject matter and framing things so that you get a shot that looks good.

Another technique is to use the stations on your sub to get a shot that is a bit different. You can also use cropping in your photo editor to make it look like the camera is on deck for some of the head on or stern on shots.

This one was simply taken from the DG station:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/meeting2.jpg

For these I used the ">" and arrow keys to position the camera where I wanted it. No cropping or editing other than the antiquing:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0489.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1346.jpg (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1346.jpg)

[Jimbuna]

jesus i swear i need someone to show me wutever mod or trick it is to get on decks and wut not for great screenies i have sum ideas and i need to be able to do that any help would be great!:arrgh!:

It's not a mod! There is also no real trick to it. I just use the normal "<" or ">" key camera and mess with the arrow key's until I get a position that works. A hint is that having two units close to on another can help quite a bit. Another technique is to use the stations on your sub to get a shot that is a bit different. You can also use cropping in your photo editor to make it look like the camera is on deck for some of the head on or stern on shots.

This one was simply taken from the DG station:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/meeting2.jpg

For these I used the ">" and arrow keys to position the camera where I wanted it. No cropping or editing other than the antiquing:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0489.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1346.jpg

Another small tip would be to pause the game before taking the photo (you can still navigate around the screen) :up:

Tonight I hope to show you the first canera shots from Allied Divers ;)

[coronas]

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9648/thewatchdog3gh2.jpg

"The Watchdog"
HMS Picotee protecting her flock (February/1943)
To my wife....for protecting the flock, thanks!

[Jimbuna]

That is a beautiful shot sir :rock: :up: ....and so worthy of an oil painting :yep:

It's a real shame the ships reflections are incorrect :damn:

Bloody stoooooopid game :nope:

[coronas]

@Jimbuna:
It's an honour coming from you, sir. Thanks.

[Jimbuna]

I'm not so sure about the 'honour' bit, but your very welcome :up:

[Brag]

Lonely Stringbag

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr968-1.jpg

The Tragic Loss of the Nelson
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr912.jpg

[Biggles]

Kiss me, Hardy:know:

[Brag]

Torpedo Strike seen from bridge of German Submarine

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr865.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1089/26539050cq5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/421/56109466hu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6662/25411950ev2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

@coronas, that shot could easily grace the box of an Airfix kit!:up:

@Brag, Lovely stringbag you have there Kaleun!:up:

@Jim, Got Sub?:up:

[Jimbuna]

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7252/sh32007102015303367dq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2446/sh32007102015323384kb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

Clearly you have!:hmm::rotfl::rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

@Jim, Got Sub?:up:

Rgr :up:

[coronas]

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8364/steelmaiden3jj4.jpg
"Steel Maiden"
Waiting for raiders (December/1939)
Plate bought in Notting Hill flea market. Unknow autor.





@TarJak:
I remember the "old good times" of Airfix models.... Hummm, thinking so old as me! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9095/od1fo2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3581/od2lz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6673/od3hm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3452/od4zb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[EZeemering]

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6673/od3hm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



The pain, the horror :huh:
I hate you! All my precious,...... !!!

[EZeemering]

Stabsoberbootsmann Fritz Gerner took these photographs while the U-64 was shadowing a lone merchant in the Atlantic. Tense action for the crew but Olt Zeemering decided to let the merchant go and save his eels for bigger targets.

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-7.jpg

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-9b.jpg

http://photo.zeemering.nl//joomla/images/temp/sh3/untitled-10.jpg

[coronas]

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9277/malta3iw1.jpg

"Starting Signal"
HMS Illustrious making signal spotlight to the Mediterranean Fleet (November/1940)
The Times.
From our correspondent in Alexandria:
Operation Judgement successful!!

[Jimbuna]

@EZeemering

That guy in the bottom picture #461 looks suspiciously like Hitler :hmm:
:lol:

[coronas]

@EZ: Very realistic pictures. Keep up good work! :up:

[TarJak]

@EZ Nice depth of field work!:up:

@coronas OOOOOHHHH that's nice! :up:

[coronas]

@coronas OOOOOHHHH that's nice! :up:

You give me the "idea", sir. See post#444. I followed the proceedings et...Voila!

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/Storm.jpg

February storm, -40. West of Ireland.

Sorry for the file size, I forgot to bring it down. Watching your pics got me longing for an GWX fix, and this is what I got:lol:

[Jimbuna]

First colour underwater shots by Royal Navy divers.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4152/sh32007102114045607vk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/808/sh32007102114052887zm9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[coronas]

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3931/u8031mx7.jpg

"Return to Bordeaux"
U-188 sailing in the Indian Ocean after leaving Penang with her valuable cargo (January/1944).

To my brother.



@von swe: Fantastic wiew.
@jimbuna: All the picture need is.........http://www.gifanimado.com/graficos/gifanim/gente/deportes/depg0040.gif

[Jimbuna]

They are hiding behind the cameras :lol:

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4748/sh32007102114053848co5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3222/sh32007102114070854uf5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
By jimbuna (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jimbuna)

[coronas]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2224/allifeordeathstruggleoc4.jpg

"A Life Or Death Struggle"
Barents Sea (September/1942)

[TarJak]

U-189 excersising the deck and flak guns at sunset 13 August 1943 south of the Canary Is.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/DGex.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Oil painting of a Tribal Warrior by an unknown artist.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4721/sh320071021140242461pb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[dmlavan]

U-163 made her second "Drumbeat" patrol in March 1942.

U-163 in a night convoy attack during Operation Paukenshlag. Four hours later, over 70,000 GRT lay in the sand off the United States
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/582d83cbe98ae7adf5adc1efe1e40cdf4g.jpg

A lone merchant caught on the way home. Out of torpedoes, U-163 engaged with the deck gun.
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/de14a304b5456dc9ae916892d12beaff4g.jpg

U-163 returning to Lorient - triumphant with 93,000 GRT sunk!
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/b04f5748723fe24cde68f50b50bdb1434g.jpg

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

picture taken by merchant sailor,
after the german boarding party went on board and inspected the cargo they went under the sea and torpedoed the merchant


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/SH3Img25-10-2007_0628_546.jpg

[skookum]

Nice shot Coronas!!!

[Jimbuna]

Love that top photo dmlavan :up:

[Brag]

Dmlavan,
Those ships on fire. Very impressive!

[mstgnymike]

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/OldPicture.jpg

[MobyGrape]

Wonderful thread, enjoy looking at these, Well Done!:rock:

[nikbear]

Really amazing pictures everybody:o :yep: :up: Coronas 'Malta' one my missus thought was real:o I've saved so many to use as screen savers:up: Keep up the good work!

[TarJak]

HMS Broadway in heavy weather December 1940; while escorting convoy OB-318, Broadway took part in the attack on U-110 on 9 May 1941; abandoned by its crew, U-110 was boarded and taken in tow. Escorting convoy HX-237, Broadway located and sank U-89 in the North Atlantic on 14 May 1943; allocated for scrapping in March 1948.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1565.jpg

[mstgnymike]

"An Impression of the Bismark and Prinz Eugen docked at Gutenhafen"-Sold at a store at Hamburg.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/BisnPrinz-1.jpg

[TarJak]

Oil painting of USS St George under way early April 1942 en route to England to become HMS Puruser. Artist Seaman Arthur Prentiss:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/oilbogue.jpg

[bigboywooly]

A close shave

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9261/screenhunter1171ss8.jpg

[TarJak]

Did you get him?

[Lzs von swe]

Two sides of the same thing.
First photo is taken by R Simmons, from his Swordfish, showing the victory over U-54, Feb29 -40, NE of Scapa Flow.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/Theend7.jpg

The second photo is taken by unknown German crew member on board the U-54 just as the bombs from the British plane hits the boat. All hands lost. The camera was found by divers, searching for the boats Enigma machine.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/Theend8.jpg

[coronas]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9669/becausethenighthk3.jpg
"Because The Night"
German Zerstörers escort Blockadenbrecher Ermland reaching successfully Bordeaux on April 4, 1941.



Thanks everyone for your words. I see great artists here every day, I try reaching their work.

[TarJak]

Two photo's taken of USS Copahee after being struck by a German torpedo off the coast of Africa 1943:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/boguesink.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/boguesink2.jpg

German commerce raider Kormoran in the Indian Ocean 1941:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1462.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Oil painting of USS St George under way early April 1942 en route to England to become HMS Puruser. Artist Seaman Arthur Prentiss:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/oilbogue.jpg
TarJak you cheater! They're supposed to be realistic screenshots, not pictures of an actual oil painting!:rotfl:

Oh, also :rock:

[Jimbuna]

My...you have all been busy whilst I was away :rock: :up:

Must delve into the archives :hmm:

;)

[Jimbuna]

High Speed Approach

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2228/sh32007100719274755zj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[mstgnymike]

Nice jimbuna thats an intense one!

[TarJak]

KM Tipritz firing a broadside:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0738-1.jpg

[KeptinCranky]

It seems they fished the guy who took that shot out o the drink again, and his camera too:rotfl:

That's not a good place to be standing when those guns go off...:o

[Jimbuna]

It seems they fished the guy who took that shot out o the drink again, and his camera too:rotfl:

That's not a good place to be standing when those guns go off...:o

LMAO :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Grand Old Knights

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/38/sh32007100820323567jj9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[coronas]

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3578/southatlanticmz1.jpg

"Persistence"
Brithish Cruiser scouting around for German raiders. South Atlantic (July/1943)




<<==I love my new appearance. LOL.

[Jimbuna]

The Fleet At Sea


http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4926/thefleetatseahh3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Brag]

Kptlt. J.S. Balz singing Ich Bin Ein Grosser Hoochie Woochie

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr999-1.jpg