The Realistic Photo Thread

[GoldenRivet]

wonderful what some of these photo shop type programs can do... these are really cool, keep them coming!

[Jimbuna]

Another shot from the elephants/U-boats graveyard.

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6114/sh320071021141016811ko5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[mstgnymike]

i dont understand jim? is all those pics youve been puttin like that one suppost to be scuttled boats after the war?

[mstgnymike]

11 March 1940, U-11(IIA) commanded by Oberleutenant z.s. Navarre damages the Destroyer HMS Daring with its last torpedo and sneaks away. The Daring attempts to head southeast to Scapa Flow, but is crippled and not able to fully repair. After nearly two hours at a speed of 2knts the Daring's captain determines that the ship must be abandoned. During the evacuation of the Daring, she is sighted by a squadron of swordfish bombers.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/SwordfishSavior.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/HMSDaringDamaged.jpg
The HMS Daring burns. Picture taken by an unkown sailor. The picture is damaged by water. She slipped under the depths 14 minutes later.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/DaringBurns.jpg

[mstgnymike]

From the periscope of U-55 in the Irish Sea. It is the destoyer HMS Denmark. Only 13 survivors were saved. 4 of which floated on wreckage to the Irish coast. The others were found by RAF rescue teams.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/HMSDenmark.jpg

[TarJak]

@mstgnymike Nice shots:up:

[mstgnymike]

thanks tar im a fan of sum of urs too!

[coronas]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6850/grafspee1sc3.jpg

"The Engagement"

Panzerschiffe "Graf Spee" open fire against British cruiser "Exeter" starting the Battle of River Plate on December 13, 1939.

El Independiente
Montevideo
'Admiral Graf Spee' deliberately sunk by its crew in neutral waters and Captain Hans Langsdorff committed suicide.

[Jimbuna]

This thread just gets better and better :up:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9510/sh3img28102007214622437pp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)
The end of the HMS Nelson.

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/U-703_2.jpg
Photo taken Jun29 -42, south of Island on board U-703 by matrosengefreiter Wolfgang Wolf.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/U-703_3.jpg
Photo taken from an Catalina on Jun30 -42, showing an attack on what is believed to be U-703. The uboat slipped away from the attackers without damage.

[Jimbuna]

i dont understand jim? is all those pics youve been puttin like that one suppost to be scuttled boats after the war?

Yes sir.....Operation Deadlight :arrgh!:

http://uboat.net/fates/deadlight.htm

[coronas]

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6456/grecia1gs0.jpg

"Squaring Up"
Winston Churchill: "Britain is bound to assist Greece". October 31, 1940.

[Bismarck]

The German Battleship Bismarck opens fire on HMS Prince of Wales after sinking HMS Hood.

http://i4.tinypic.com/4zwnblv.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Nice pic, but Bismarck was hardly a "pocket" battleship.

[Bismarck]

Ooops. Thanks for noticing Steve.

[Jimbuna]

....and her guns aren't firing, but pointing fore and aft :hmm:

;) :up:

[Bismarck]

http://i12.tinypic.com/4u9wepd.jpg

[Bismarck]

Well they are just about to open fire.

[Jimbuna]

Heavy Escort

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4618/sh320071007191848721op7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Bismarck]

:yep: Eeek jimbuna, its a slaughter i tell you, a SLAUGHTER!!!! Fire the eels at that sexy camo ship.

http://i7.tinypic.com/4zamsrm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Preparing For The Surrender Pt 1

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8513/sh320071014151747671hh1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Bismarck]

http://i9.tinypic.com/6b08axd.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Preparing For The Surrender Pt 2

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5910/sh320071014151226731kh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Bismarck]

The Final Encounter


http://i5.tinypic.com/6f9ayj6.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/6burzv8.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Preparing For The Surrender Pt 3

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6043/sh32007101415140001or2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[mstgnymike]

"U-97 on her way home after her famous attack on a hunter-killer group killing all three warships"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/RingAround.jpg
"Unknown Artist on board U-39 paints a oil of a full moon"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/FullMoon.jpg
"A sketch of the last time a sailor may see home"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/SH3Img20-9-2007_2231_446.jpg

[Lzs von swe]

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

Photo taken on board U-703 on June 21, -42.
Norwegian merchant torpedoed west of Trondheim.
Herrman Kruth and his U-703 was just leaving Trondheim after some emergency repairs after an surprise attack by British Martlet´s on the 18´th. There must be an carrier task force in the area, lets try and find it.

[Jimbuna]

The last known picture of HMS Barham

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1115/sh320071008205459041hx8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[bigboywooly]

Now we can see you

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/Trouble.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2778/sh32007100719260233zr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

A U-boat in Lorient dockyard taken covertly by a French resistance member working in the docks in 1944 and smuggled to England.

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

Shot along the flight deck taken from the bow of USS StGeorge en route to England:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1478-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2204/sh32007100719193972jy2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Keelbuster]

Tarjak - great work!

[TarJak]

Cheers KB!

Convoy HX337 near the Grand Banks. Image taken by an observer in a RNCAF Catalina:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1612.jpg

The same convoy a few days earlier takn from one of the escorting ships:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1613.jpg

[Mittelwaechter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/fe0f9198119491c3d1aba80c2.jpg

Suzette

:D

[Myxale]

Great stuff mittelwächter.
Gotta ask, do you have a site where all your pics are stored? I would really like to get my hands on all of them!

[mstgnymike]

@ TARJAK
How do you get that like old damaged cut pic like the first of the group you posted with teh docked boat
thanks mastergunnymike

[Stealth Hunter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/fe0f9198119491c3d1aba80c2.jpg

Suzette

:D

http://fyfi.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/must_not_fap.jpg

[TarJak]

@ TARJAK
How do you get that like old damaged cut pic like the first of the group you posted with teh docked boat
thanks mastergunnymike

If you look back through this thread I posted several links to Photshop tutorials on how to make an image antique looking, which was how I found out how to do it.

I create an overlay layer using Photoshop and use different brushes in PS to create the dust speckles, hairs and scratches and then play around with the opacity of the overlay layer until I'm happy with it. I sometimes invert the layer depending on what looks better. Sometimes white "damage" show up better than black "damage".

[mstgnymike]

okay cool so its photoshop so thanks im sure i can figure it out i just needed to know the program...thanks bro

[Keelbuster]

Great stuff mittelwächter.
Gotta ask, do you have a site where all your pics are stored? I would really like to get my hands on all of them!

Myxale - still love yer sig - it's a classic!

[Koondawg]

simply gorgeous....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/koondawg/sub%20pic/blackwhitepic.jpg

[Hakahura]

" HMS NELSON, HARD TO STARBOARD!"

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3351/nelsonlastdl9.jpg

The final moments of HMS Nelson.
Captured by Flt Prune, Sunderland Pilot, Coastal Command.

[Mittelwaechter]

@ Myxale

I'll post the missing pics in one posting or shall I send you all of them via email?

@ Stealth Hunter

Try "French" - the pic was taken in Brest Harbour :lol:



http://image-upload.biz/files/e08df5710e7c62339bdacb930.jpg

Spray


http://image-upload.biz/files/7e956c55b2b99c38af85f99a0.jpg

Inside the conning tower


http://image-upload.biz/files/06530e18b20ebf7a25b76fd3e.jpg

Mighty guns


http://image-upload.biz/files/c2dc30c17ee88c86ac708d654.jpg

Trainingbase 4th Flottilla Stettin


http://image-upload.biz/files/5d669471e842db72a2fb310c2.jpg

Victory

[Stealth Hunter]

How'd you get the camera to move onto the bridge so you could snap that last screenie?:o

[mstgnymike]

How'd you get the camera to move onto the bridge so you could snap that last screenie?:o

DUDE SERIOUSLY I CANT FIGURE IT OUT EITHER!

[Mittelwaechter]

Well you have to ask the captain for permission to enter the bridge.

;)

As I've already told in this thread there are two ways to enter the "forbidden" camerazones.

1. U-Boot or ship close to the desired object enables the following camara ("." on my keyboard; I guess it's "<" on the english keyboard) to move on/into the object.

2. A randomly appearing bug centers the following camara over the sternsection of the U-Boot or ship instead of centering it amidship.

There seem to be more possibilities to do it, but people keep it secret. :down:

There are some camera mods around (i.e. sergbuto) - they may do the trick too. I've never installed one...


Have fun

[Mittelwaechter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/c49c82448dbe6d68a6006abe7.jpg

A diver of the Kriegsmarine took this shot to prove the undoubtable cause of the loss of U 5 (IIA) on 03/19/1943 westward of Pillau - a jammed tubedoor.
21 dead and 16 survivors.

[Myxale]

E-mail is fine. Just zip them or compress otherwise! I have a cool collection of Sh3 pics and yours would fit in nicely!

Ta mate!:up:

[skookum]

Broken Tanker

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Tanker-Down.jpg

[TarJak]

Well you have to ask the captain for permission to enter the bridge.

;)

As I've already told in this thread there are two ways to enter the "forbidden" camerazones.

1. U-Boot or ship close to the desired object enables the following camara ("." on my keyboard; I guess it's "<" on the english keyboard) to move on/into the object.

2. A randomly appearing bug centers the following camara over the sternsection of the U-Boot or ship instead of centering it amidship.

There seem to be more possibilities to do it, but people keep it secret. :down:

There are some camera mods around (i.e. sergbuto) - they may do the trick too. I've never installed one...


Have fun

Numbers 1 and 2 above are the only way I've used to do it. 1 is easier to set up and predict because 2 only sometimes just happens. I've tried to induce 2 somehow by using the arrow keys once you have selected the ship using "<" or ">" but to no avail. It just sometimes happens so take your luck when it comes.

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH38.jpg

Murmansk convoy under attack. South of Bear Island, Sep -42.
Someone has tried to colorize the photo, with mixed result.

[Myxale]

@Von Swe!

MAn, a great Shot!:rock:

[TarJak]

U-56 departing Kiel harbour with KM Adm. Graf Spee in the background:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0864.jpg

[Oberon]

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2787/victim1wr3.jpg

Victim of U-35, north of Scapa, September 1939

[Jimbuna]

Take the hanky away from the lens eyepiece in future :lol:

Nice shot :up:

[Oberon]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5345/ss2copycq0.jpg
U-35 returns to Wilhelmshaven, passing a German destroyer on its way.
September 1939.

[Oberon]

Take the hanky away from the lens eyepiece in future :lol:

Nice shot :up:

:lol: :lol:

Thanks! :D

[Lzs von swe]

@Von Swe!

MAn, a great Shot!:rock:


Hey, thanks:up:


Almost got run over by another ship while taking the shot. It´s dangerous to go inside the convoys in that kind of weather:rock:

[skookum]

In Hot Pursuit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Hotpursuitcopy.jpg

Crests and Troughs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Crestsandtroughscopy.jpg

Repulsed

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/repulse.jpg

Through the Mist

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Throughthemistcopy.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice shots skookum! :up:

[Jimbuna]

Here they come!!

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9154/sh320071008204105891bo0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Line abreast

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2615/sh320071008203833811up7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The aftermath

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8204/sh320071008204934101zo0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skookum]

Through Binoculars

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Binocularscopy.jpg

Cutter

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Cuttercopy.jpg

Too Little, Too late

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Toolittletoolate.jpg

Those Eyes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Thoseeyescopy.jpg

[_Seth_]

You guys really know how to make excellent shots! Kudos all the way!!:up:

Well, this pic isnt excatly from SH3, but i think its a nice shot anyway! :D
*Some subart from the internet, added some ships & some filters, and voilà!*
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5515/convoycg7.jpg

[Mittelwaechter]

http://image-upload.biz/files/0ac16b8b7c8a6890d3ca9305c.jpg

"Noo!... As I ordered STARBOARD I meant the other STARBOARD!"

[TarJak]

Arado 196 aboard KM Tirpitz whilst docked in Wilhemlshaven 1939:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1842.jpg

[skookum]

Shadowing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Shadowingcopy.jpg

Hellfire on the Horizon

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/HellfireontheHorizon.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Big Players

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2662/sh320071110173404561tc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skookum]

@ Tarjak. Thanks!!! And nice one!!!

@ Jimbuna Where did you find those bad boys?

[TarJak]

GWX Kiel 1939 through 40. You should see 3 big uns directly across from the dock you start in.

[skookum]

Kewl. I guess I'm usually so busy waving good bye to those pretty nurses, I don't look around the harbour enough. Thanks!

[Jimbuna]

GWX Kiel 1939 through 40. You should see 3 big uns directly across from the dock you start in.

Ditto :rotfl:

and the other bugga ;)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9742/sh320071110173311821mn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Jimbuna]

Here they are in winter :up:

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/452/viicicedskin31hq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/510/viicicedskin3gc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skookum]

I like the winter skin.

Hope you don't mind, but I really like the composition, so I made some "adjustments." :up:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Redocopy.jpg

[coronas]

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9523/goinghomejt6.jpg

Going Home

[coronas]

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/992/goodbyesunshine2nm9.jpg

Good Bye, Sunshine!
Out of Africa (1942)

[TarJak]

Flight Deck of the KM Tirpitz as seen from the crows nest on the mainmast:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1849-1.jpg

Another shot of the flight deck aboard Tirpitz, this time from the port flying bridge deck:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1863.jpg

The same shot in colour:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1863c.jpg

[bigboywooly]

U 64 successful off the eastern British coast November 39

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_1302a.jpg

[Jimbuna]

@skookum

No prob matey :up:

[Butzis]

Komandant Mittelwaechter, your signature is very very nice,
fine design, congratulations y gracias.

[Mittelwaechter]

Thanks for the nice comment Butzis.

[skookum]

Rough Watch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/RoughWatch2copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/RoughWatchcopy.jpg

[skookum]

A few more. (I think I need to get out of the house a little more:hmm:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Bow2copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Creep01copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Creep03copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Creep02copy.jpg

Final Moments

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/FinalMomentscopy.jpg

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

:o at the 2nd one
:o :o :o :o :o

you realy got to tell how the hell you did that....
and you can use the 2nd one for a siggy to :rock:

[skookum]

@ Jochen Mohr Thanks dude:up:

Google "Orton's Process".

Basically, you take your image and over expose it. Then you duplicate it and apply Gaussian blur to it. Then blend it with the original (over exposed) image and adjust opacity and exposure to taste.

I use a few other little bits here and there including color correction.

[coronas]

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/8030/silentrunningzu7.jpg

Silent Running
"......They are near, very near"

[Mittelwaechter]

Inspired by Coronas :p

http://image-upload.biz/files/c2e4735b960d87e5a9a549334.jpg

Ping!

[coronas]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4397/lordofthesea1ny9.jpg

Lord of the Sea
Heavy cruiser "Blücher" going to her last stand, Oslofjord. Operation Weserübung (April/1940)

[Jimbuna]

Underneath The Arches

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2612/sh32007111017293176hc7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8527/sh32007111017301884dg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skookum]

Flanking

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Flankingcopy.jpg



Deep

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Deep.jpg



Depth Charging

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/depthchargecopy.jpg



The Good Shepherd

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/ThegoodShepherdcopy.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Love that second one skookum :up:

[skookum]

@ Jimbuna

You're too kind sir. Essentially the same process as the others. The background is way different though. Kinda spooky if you ask me.

[Jimbuna]

Reminds me of Jaws :hmm:

[coronas]

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8342/peterandthewolfpc3.jpg

Peter and The Wolf
Murmsmank Convoy

[bigboywooly]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_1309old.jpg

[coronas]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3046/helpus3gs1.jpg

HELP US!!

[Lzs von swe]

Man, cool shots people:up:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH311.jpg
Photo taken by unknown German sailor from the life boat just as his ship explodes.

[mstgnymike]

Man, cool shots people:up:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH311.jpg
Photo taken by unknown German sailor from the life boat just as his ship explodes.

wow a real beauty man

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Big Boom:arrgh!: http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2832/sh32007111520463320tr2.png (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/)

[Jimbuna]

The mother and her chicks

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6880/sh320071030195822821uk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[_Seth_]

The battle of Narvik; Picture found in an old photoalbum owned by
Bernard Dummkopf. As a commander of "U-Moron", he surfaced alongside this beauty (That stupid .....:88):88):88))
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/383/narvik1940fg1.jpg

I think this picture below is more accurate, when it comes to
the correct class of battleship..:yep::hmm:

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolio3/w/warshipartist/HMS_Warspite_at_Narvik-1151855147l.jpg
Copyright Dennis Andrews 2006. All rights reserved.


Just my 2 cents! :up:

[TarJak]

KM Tirpitz in Wilhelsmhaven. Photos taken by the Wilhelmshaven lighthouse keeper Joachim Schlecke in November 1939:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1873.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT1871.jpg

[bigboywooly]

The battle of Narvik

I think this picture below is more accurate, when it comes to
the correct class of battleship..:yep::hmm:

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolio3/w/warshipartist/HMS_Warspite_at_Narvik-1151855147l.jpg
Copyright Dennis Andrews 2006. All rights reserved.


Just my 2 cents! :up:


Aye
The Warspite

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/HMS_Warspite2C_Indian_Ocean_1942.jpg

Battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class which we dont have

[Jimbuna]

Cool shot Seth, all the same :up:

@TJ
I reckon your getting an affinity for this Tirpitz lady :hmm:
:lol: ;)

[Jimbuna]

The assistant lighthouse keeper on his way to work ;)

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/371/sh320071110163407701th4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[_Seth_]

Cool shot Seth, all the same :up:


Thanx, jim mate, too kind.. :oops::lol: Not as excellent as many of the other shots in this thread, yours included! keep up the good work! (And please...Keep Bernard out of that lighthouse...who knows what could happen....:doh:)

[Jimbuna]

Cool shot Seth, all the same :up:


Thanx, jim mate, too kind.. :oops::lol: Not as excellent as many of the other shots in this thread, yours included! keep up the good work! (And please...Keep Bernard out of that lighthouse...who knows what could happen....:doh:)

Rgr that matey :up:

[Brag]

J.S. Balz writes:

Pix are hoochie-woochie good :D

[TarJak]

@TJ
I reckon your getting an affinity for this Tirpitz lady :hmm:
:lol: ;)

I just like her lines mate and as is obvious spent a bit of time taking shots from lots of angles ;)

[_Seth_]

U-96 doing her test trials
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3348/atlanticu96ni1.jpg

[TarJak]

@_Seth_ Makes me feel cold and wet just looking at that shot!:up:

[coronas]

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/263/blazes1zt2.jpg

Blazes

Thanks, Racerboy; your effects are amazing.

[_Seth_]

@_Seth_ Makes me feel cold and wet just looking at that shot!:up: .....Now i also feel it....:lol:

[Jimbuna]

@_Seth_ Makes me feel cold and wet just looking at that shot!:up: .....Now i also feel it....:lol:

You of all people should be used to it, considering where your living :lol:

[_Seth_]

@_Seth_ Makes me feel cold and wet just looking at that shot!:up: .....Now i also feel it....:lol:
You of all people should be used to it, considering where your living :lol:
:rotfl:True, mate! Northern Norway isnt excactly the french riviera...:up:

[TarJak]

KM Scharnhorst taken from the foredeck of KM Prinz Eugen:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2094.jpg

KM Prinz Eugen's forward turrets:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2097.jpg

And the same shot in AgfaColour:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT20971.jpg

KM Scharnhorst with KM Gneisenau in the background:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2118.jpg

[coronas]

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9305/hunterkiller2mz7.jpg

Contact!

Hunter Killer group in the Channel (June/1944)

[VonDos]

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8115/hospma8.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Arial Hypnosis

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8992/sh32007111016294026hj7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3057/sh32007111016295053ey4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Lzs von swe]

And, in v1.04 they engage enemy aircrafts in dogfights:up:




Or




Did I just dream that:hmm: :hmm:

9 weeks on patroll in -43 has given me Plane fever..

:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Only the ones that make it through the star gate http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img407/1073/vortex04lw6.gif

[Lzs von swe]

SG1

Runs on cable here:up:

[Jimbuna]

Have you seen the new team member yet? http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img407/8895/vortex05wo9.gif

:rotfl:

[TarJak]

And, in v1.04 they engage enemy aircrafts in dogfights:up:




Or




Did I just dream that:hmm: :hmm:

9 weeks on patroll in -43 has given me Plane fever..

:rotfl:

They do in 1.03! In fact I've seen the most bizarre dogfight between an RAF Sunderland and a Luftwaffe Stuka over the Med.

The Sunderland won!

[coronas]

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5702/meinbootif9.jpg

Mein Boot

Pencil on paper. Training in Baltic Sea(July/1939)

[mstgnymike]

"All The Kings Men" Footage still of a 1938 display of British naval warpower.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/EnglishKings.jpg
"In The Storm"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/IntheStorm.jpg
"U-97 On Her Last Patrol With The Great Kaleun Navarre. He Went 10 With The Boat And Now Serves in Brest On U-801 An IXC."
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/CarttoonVIIC.jpg

[ParaB]

An old one from my collection: U-105 on its way to the caribbean, November 1942.


http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8030/u1052ut0.jpg

[Dowly]

@ParaB:

That's awesome shot! :rock:

[coronas]

Great picture, ParaB. Show us your collection :yep:

[ParaB]

Thanks, glad you like them. :D

Here's another one:

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3664/viic01bz0.jpg

[coronas]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7531/cruiser7yy8.jpg


We Will Never Surrender

Old British Postcard (November/1940)


Thanks, TarJak! I must remember my English lessons

[Jimbuna]

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2730/49946426qz9.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH314.jpg
Torpedoed!

[Keelbuster]

Torpedoed!

Love it.

[VonDos]

http://www.maritimematters.com/images/britanis-3.jpg

http://www.maritimematters.com/images/britanis-1.jpg

PPL photos? XD

[coronas]

@VonDos.
What watermod do you use in those pictures? They look so real!! :o

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[coronas]

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7960/straffing1js6.jpg

Straffing

Air footage from Mosquito Tse Tse combat camera over Bay of Biscay (March/1944)

[Jimbuna]

Nice :up:

[Butzis]

I dont remember now but I think the picture was made in South Atlantic. 1942 ?

http://http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9482/cargo05so8.jpghttp://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9482/cargo05so8.jpg

http://http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9482/cargo05so8.jpg

[danlisa]

I dont remember now but I think the picture was made in South Atlantic. 1942 ?

http://http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9482/cargo05so8.jpghttp://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9482/cargo05so8.jpg

http://http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9482/cargo05so8.jpg

Awesome.:rock: :rock:

[mstgnymike]

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

[_Seth_]

@ Butiz: Cooooooool shot, mate!!!!:up::up::up:

[Jimbuna]

One of the best yet :rock: :up:

[coronas]

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8199/gimmethepower2to3.jpg

We Got The Power!

@Butzis:
Very realistic shot!

[Jimbuna]

@coronas

What's that ship? :hmm:

[Jimbuna]

USS Nevada

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3405/sh32007112618525967mn7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7334/sh32007112618532320ut3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[nikimcbee]

USS Nevada

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3405/sh32007112618525967mn7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7334/sh32007112618532320ut3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

How did you do these pictures? What program did you use, etc? I would like to learn how.

[coronas]

@coronas

What's that ship? :hmm:

USS Tennessee

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123141

[Jimbuna]

@nikimcbee

I have PS, Irfanview, Gimp, PaintShop Pro 12, SaintPaint, Snagit 8 and a few others.

Most of them will convert the picture like so quite easily.

I'd suggest you start off with one of the freeware programmes like Irfanview and practice with that :up:

@coronas

Yep, now I remember...cheers :up:

[Jimbuna]

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5818/51141289vo8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/th_1170.gif

[Dowly]

A recently discovered color photograph believed to be taken by Pilot Officer Colin Aldred during one of his coastal defense sorties. The U-boot (short from 'Unterseeboot') is identified as an type IX long range german Uboot. Considering the pilot has had the time to take the photo, it is very likely that the german Uboot has been damaged and is sinking or in process to be abandoned.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/EditedResized.jpg

[Biggles]

Ah, some mix with IL-2 I'm sure:up:

[Dowly]

Ah, some mix with IL-2 I'm sure:up:

:yep:

[Hakahura]

Nice shot Dowly:up:

[Keelbuster]

Epic shot, dowly.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Pure photo editing at its finest:up:

[coronas]

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2804/horrido3cg7.jpg

Horrido!

Luftwaffe straffing again. Near Creta (May/1941)


@nikimcbee: Try Picasa2, it's free and easy.

[Jimbuna]

Nice :up:

[Dowly]

@Coronas: Whoa! That's great shot! I've tried for years to make a sort of an photo taken through the guncamera mounted to an aircraft strafing a Uboat. But I never got the bullet splashes to look real enough to my tastes. :nope:

[TarJak]

A Type XXI of unknown designation during sea trials in the Skagarrat:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2166.jpg

[Jimbuna]

First XXI leaving on an operational patrol

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7434/typexxi2bandwyv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6858/typexxi3bandwpg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9420/typexxi4bandwjh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/th_1170.gif

[coronas]

@Dowly: Thanks! I play with diferent airbrushes, colours, glimmers and blurs, next I turn the picture some degrees; it's a very "dramatic effect".

[Dowly]

@Dowly: Thanks! I play with diferent airbrushes, colours, glimmers and blurs, next I turn the picture some degrees; it's a very "dramatic effect".

I always try to draw them separately, I've seen few very cool shots from the IL2 community with drawn watersplashes, so that's the way I go. :yep: Hmm... I know how to draw tracers... maybe I could use that as a base to draw an splash. :hmm:

[mstgnymike]

uh oh we almost lost the thread there bring it up POST POST POST SHNELL SHNELL!

[Brag]

First XXI leaving on an operational patrol

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7434/typexxi2bandwyv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6858/typexxi3bandwpg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9420/typexxi4bandwjh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/th_1170.gif
Outstanding pix, Jimbuna, we stole your penguins for hoochy woochy dancing duty. :D :D



http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/th_1170.gifhoochy woochie, ja ja, hoochie woochie ja ja :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

Scharnhorst, (foreground), Prinz Eugen, (Right), and Gneisenau (background), at anchor in Brest March 1942. (Source; Signal Magazine):

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2119-1.jpg

[Lzs von swe]

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

On patrol north of the Shetlands. Photo taken in September -43.

[Jimbuna]

Forming Line Abreast

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2968/sh320071008203804781vm3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8527/sh320071008203833811nh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/wolf-38.gif

[Brag]

The Royal Navy? Bah!

Kptlt. J.S. Balz -- 02 November 1939

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr842.jpg

[Brag]

J.S. Balz observes the sinking of a large British freighter. Photo by O. Kalb


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

[Jimbuna]

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3516/sh32007102022072459am2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5448/sh32007102114014215gc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6039/sh32007102114022003im9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

J.S. Balz observes the sinking of a large British freighter. Photo by O. Kalb


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

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
i think he's blind becouse the ship is sinking on the right from where he's looking

[Sailor Steve]

He's not blind; he's just posing! He doesn't want the camera to miss his magnificent profile.:rotfl:

[iambecomelife]

He's not blind; he's just posing! He doesn't want the camera to miss his magnificent profile.:rotfl:

I think that watch crews were assigned to scan a particular sector of the horizon and ignore distractions, even if something dramatic was happening in the opposite direction. One typical complaint from commodores was that whenever a ship was torpedoed everyone would stare at the explosions instead of maintaining a watch for additional torpedo wakes. :nope:

[Jimbuna]

Angel of Mercy

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4733/sh32007102116395667bd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

The Italian fleet at anchor La Spezia 1943:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2226.jpg

[flakmonkey]

perhaps not all that realistic looking but nice and dramatic all the same...
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/photo.jpg

[TarJak]

@Flakmonkey Awesome shot mate!:up:

[coronas]

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7821/scapaflowbx2.jpg

Scapa Flow (Goin' Home)

@Flakmonkey: realistic & dramatic :up:

[iambecomelife]

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

[Jimbuna]

This thread continues to improve :up:

http://www.itsnature.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfmoon.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/wolf-38.gif

[TarJak]

Enigma machine taken by a crewmember of HMS Seraphim after capturing U-554 in 1943 in the Western Approaches:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2257.jpg

[flakmonkey]

A few more pretty pics....

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/p8.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/p6.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/p2.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/p1t.jpg

[coronas]

@Flakmonkey: Great! I love second picture.:up:

[Jimbuna]

@Flakmonkey

Some really cool shots you have there sir :up:

http://www.itsnature.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfmoon.jpg


http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/wolf-38.gif

[coronas]

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6656/caribbeanblueuc1.jpg

Caribbean Blue (Hard, hot day)

[coronas]

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5042/control2jz3.jpg

Under control

[Brag]

You guys are getting pretty damn good at this :D :up:

[Brag]

Churchill's Cigars

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr999-2.jpg

[Brag]

Gut iffninckz, it's me again :D
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr990-1.jpg

[Brag]

The sea is so big and my boat... oh, never mind
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr882.jpg

[Brag]

Magazine exploding
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr895.jpg

[Mittelwaechter]

Fantastic pictures to find in this thread. :up:

http://image-upload.biz/files/681ea3f9045916629f69017a4.jpg

"Depth can't be maintained, Herr Kaleun!"

[Brag]

U-502
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr618-1.jpg

[Brag]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr099-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Churchill's Cigars

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr999-2.jpg

Like it :up:

[coronas]

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6052/darkblueworld2dx5.jpg

Dark Blue World (Outskirts of Norway; August/1944)

[U49]

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6052/darkblueworld2dx5.jpg

Dark Blue World (Outskirts of Norway; August/1944)

Wonderful!
It look's so real!
:up:

[coronas]

@U49: Thanks, sir!
I believe they are looking for Churchill's Cigars :lol: (Great shots, Brag :up: )

[Jimbuna]

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9990/sh32007111016443153ye3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH3Img11-12-2007_14324_481.jpg

Polish merchant sinks in the North Sea, Oct -39.

[mcf1]

u73 leaving lorienthttp://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4573/sh3img7122007186518591ae4.png

[Jimbuna]

Heavy Escort

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4848/sh32007100719340489jp7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[L_DOG]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/TOGLDOG/SH3Img14-12-2007_191937_781.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/TOGLDOG/SH3Img14-12-2007_19194_312.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/TOGLDOG/SH3Img16-12-2007_17261_390.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/TOGLDOG/SH3Img16-12-2007_172341_468.jpg

[_Seth_]

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8067/vielwk6.jpg

[coronas]

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8126/naturalbornkillersek9.jpg

Natural Born Killers (January/1943)

[Butzis]

Muy buena foto Komandante Coronas
Nice picture. Surrender by Killers. Good luck

[Jimbuna]

@Seth and coronas

:rock: :up:

[coronas]

@Butzis&Jimbuna: Gracias....Thanks

[Jimbuna]

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9774/sh32007102015263251qe4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7154/sh32007102015265181mz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[_Seth_]

@ Jim: Danke mate! Nice gathering of subs you got there..:up::yep:
@ Coronas: excellent shot!

[Brag]

Coronas: Bien hecho!

Jim: Where are those sumbies and tanker?

[Jimbuna]

Coronas: Bien hecho!

Jim: Where are those sumbies and tanker?

Off the north west coast of Ireland awaiting Operation Deadlight. :arrgh!:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2976/sh32007102015275475xj7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3944/sh32007102015331834xc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1750/sh32007102015343860ao2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Hakahura]

USS Saginaw Bay. Casablanca Class escort carrier.
9th September '44.
Somewhere North west of the British Isles.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8627/stormykb2.jpg

Image taken from overflying RAF Sunderland flown by Flying Officer Prune.
Not a nice day for flying or sailing.

[Jimbuna]

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1030/sh32007102015352078dd6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7038/sh32007102015360607ur2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

KM Prinz Eugen in Brest Harbour February 1942:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2409.jpg

[VonDos]

Italian line REX in the middle of the night, in the middle of Atlantic

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3606/rexyq6.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9572/sh32007122122044195ck4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

View through the forward hatch into the Zentralle U-577 1942:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2429.jpg

[Nagy]

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1383/culpritescapesyb4.jpg

[Jimbuna]

How the rats would view it.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1990/sh320071219172413281cw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Brag]

HMS Rodney

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr032.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr080-1.jpg

[HW3]

Hospital Ship
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/davestev47/Misc/RedCrossShipMadeBlackandWhite.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1143/cam1oq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4144/sh32007122121294180dh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[_Seth_]

IXB Spotted by Elco's in the Irish sea... Picture taken by crew on Elco.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5676/spottedrw0.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Love it :rock: :up: http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[_Seth_]

Danke, Jim mate! :up::up:

[Morts]

"Missed !" picture was taken by one of the crew members onboard an unknown bomber showing a type IXC uboat being attacked with depthcharges. Bay Of Biscay 1944
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/morty-dk/ACattack.jpg
the flak guns are pointing in a different direction indicating that there where 2 or more bombers attacking the uboat

[_Seth_]

Cool Morts!! Love the explosion!!:up:

[Jimbuna]

The Aftermath

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6981/sh32007101415211189ko6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6002/sh32007101415214087hf0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Penelope_Grey]

An Unknown U-Boat delivers the pain in 1939.

http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/p/PenelopeGrey/122233/dklfcrinjg.jpg

[_Seth_]

@ Jim & Pen: Those shots are excellent! 10/10 !!! :yep::up::up::up:

[Penelope_Grey]

Many thanks Seth, yours were first rate too! :up:

However, this photo would not have been possible without the GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects optional mod enabled. :)

[_Seth_]

Many thanks Seth, yours were first rate too! :up:

However, this photo would not have been possible without the GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects optional mod enabled. :)
:up::up:

[Jimbuna]

@ Jim & Pen: Those shots are excellent! 10/10 !!! :yep::up::up::up:

I bet you say that to all the boys http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/whistle.gif


http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img524/5049/canaryheadsw0.gif

[Jimbuna]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8652/sh32007100719212006dr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8379/sh32007100719215211cw6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3162/sh32007100719380014qw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5525/sh32007100719383145qa6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mush Martin]

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1143/cam1oq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Ok it just has to be asked
did you take this shot using a

"Cam"era

[Jimbuna]

Nope.....just fraps :lol:

[Sailor Steve]

I don't get it.

Are his fraps up or down?

[_Seth_]

I bet you say that to all the boys
...."No...only to you, love.." :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/Escort.jpg
30m depth and this one above. Lucky U-13 slipped away unscratched:up:

[Jimbuna]

@MM, Steve and Seth http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/scream.gif

http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/ROFLMAO.gif http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/ROFLMAO.gif http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/ROFLMAO.gif

[TarJak]

Brest 1942:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2413-1.jpg

La Spezia 1943:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2228.jpg

[Biggles]

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3407/kaboomrz8.jpg
Another one bites the dust....

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

Taken from the deck of a large cargo ship, June '42, off of Iceland:

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/Albrecht_von_Hesse/badday.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The good shepherd

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8470/sperrbrecher1yt3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Lzs von swe]

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

Photo taken from U-13 on the 6´th of July, -40.
Norwegian merchant sinks SW of Stavanger.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

realistic enuf ? :lol:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/Ubootwaffe/DeadU-boat.jpg

[Biggles]

No.



;) :rotfl: