The Realistic Photo Thread

[Brag]

Post your pix that look like the real thing.

Here is a starter. :D


U-53 Gulf of Cadiz January 1941. Kptlt. Balz.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr956.jpg

[Lafferty]

Wow that looks good.

[TAW_CZAREJS]

We ran into a friendly destroyer that had a war artist on board and he did this

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6056/sh3img192007221724572xv0.th.png (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img192007221724572xv0.png)

[Foghladh_mhara]

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6794/u53ql7.jpg

A still from some motion picture footage capturing our return to harbour after our 103000 ton patrol :up:

[Dowly]

Now these are the kind of threads I like! ;)

Are we allowed to post heavily edited shots? Like where the sky/horizon etc. has been changed? I have few old shots ready if that's the case. :up:

[bigboywooly]

Very nice Foggy
Though would look a lot better without the HUD at the bottom

[Dowly]

Okie, here goes. All these are very old shots, need to start making more. ;)

From Wolves at War I:

S.S. Ceres just hit by a torpedo by U186
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/2441/merchant7sa.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8692/newspaper1bx.jpg

http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/1658/jumpcopy9dq.jpg

Sinking of S.S. Ceres as seen from the Kaleun's point-of-view
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6431/u186torpedo6pz.jpg

U-264 hailing friendly uboat near La Spezia, Italy.
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2958/uboatsighted6hs.jpg

U-777 returning from a succesfull patrol. Although, it never made it to the patrol area, U-777 intercepted a convoy few kilometers from Scapa Flow. When U-777 ran out of torpedoes, three tankers were sunk and three other ships were crippled. (Photo taken by a captain of German minesweeper)
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3904/oldcalm5mq.jpg

Non-WaW pics:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1293/sunandboat7zk.jpg

Photo taken by a pilot of a Heinkel bomber during bombing raid to London. You can see a tanker chased by an german u-boat below.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7392/bomber1ns.gif



Ok, I think that's all of my B&W photos. Now, I just need to find my non-B&W photos. ;)

[Dowly]

Okie, found the color pics. :rock:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1664/cruisingedited1no.jpg

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1007/calmbeforestormedited25bm.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/1913/19sq.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9576/norway8vo.jpg

That's all. Carry on. :up:

[Penelope_Grey]

Bravo Dowly! :up::up::up:

Those were cracking!

[Foghladh_mhara]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3065/u53auf6.jpg

Hey I'm lazy :D

[Dowly]

Bravo Dowly! :up::up::up:

Those were cracking!

Thank you Fraulein Grey.

I really like the one by Foghladh_mhara. :up:

[Reece]

A recent shot that I thought was fairly realistic:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Nice.jpg
An Italian task force on patrol in the mediterranean, early 43.

[Brag]

Well done, Guys. Good start!! :D

[Lafferty]

Man those look really good. Great Job everyone.

[joea]

*I clap loudly* :rock:

[Brag]

A convoy under attack. March 1941. Photo by first mate of the Maywood Castle
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/pic000.jpg

[Brag]

Into The Unknown. U-53 October 1939

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr476.jpg

Madeira. U-124 April 1941

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr427-1.jpg

A Brace of Tankers. U-124, May 1941

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr541-2.jpg

[Foghladh_mhara]

Waiting for the bombs to stop falling St Nazaire '41

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/526/bombsawayvy4.jpg

An inspection of ships papers underway, a rare occurence in 1941

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1/inspectionvo8.jpg

[Brag]

Good pic, Fogh! :D

[Jimbuna]

Some cool pics here :rock: :up:

[Penelope_Grey]

Photograph of U-9 taken by a survivor in a life boat shortly after S.S Wildebeast was torpedoed and sunk
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/Penny/IIA.jpg

[Spruence M]

How did you do that?
:huh:

[Brag]

How did you do that?
:huh:

I guess Penny tossed sand at the hoochie woochies. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Lafferty]

lol

[nandu737]

Periscope view of U-95

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/nandu/pic4.jpg


U-95

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/nandu/pic2.jpg

[Spruence M]

No really, I would like to know how to make photos like that. Someone fill me in please?:huh:

[TAW_CZAREJS]

I thought this one was good too.

One last look at the sun....

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1990/sh3img392007123358724yq5.th.png (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img392007123358724yq5.png)

[TarJak]

No really, I would like to know how to make photos like that. Someone fill me in please?:huh:
You need some form of photo editor that allows you to add film grain etc. Simplest way to get into it is to download Picassa from Google which is free and one of the easiest photo library systems I've seen. It comes with a really easy to use editing suite which allows you to get rid of red eye, change tints, add film grain etc etc etc.

Have a play and see what results. Once you are happy have a go at posting it and see what everyone else thinks.;)

BTW I'll be posting some of my B&W shots when I get home from work.

[Shelton]

A recent shot that I thought was fairly realistic:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Nice.jpg
An Italian task force on patrol in the mediterranean, early 43.

WOW that is so nice - what resolution you running ?

[Reece]

Believe it or not - standard 1024x768, however I have AA at 4x & AF at 8x:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/VideoSettings.jpg
Also running SH4 scene.:yep:

[TarJak]

Last minutes of HMS Southampton:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0444-1.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0446-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0447.jpg

[Dowly]

U-21 patrolling the Nordsee, September 1939 (WaW)
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/StormyPatrol.jpg

[TarJak]

the wireless and sound section of U-56:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SilentHunter3GCS0077-1.jpg

Our brave S-Boot crews on patrol!
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot1168847640-1.jpg

An early colour shot on Agfa film from Signal magazine:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT0430.jpg

Cover of Signal from 1944:

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

And my favourite real Signal cover:
http://www.chez.com/luftwaffe2/images/Annee%201944/Signal%2019-1944.JPG

[VipertheSniper]

U-21 patrolling the Nordsee, September 1939 (WaW)
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/StormyPatrol.jpg


That picture would be even better if the sailor was in focus.

[Reece]

You guys are really hamming it up!:lol: I love it, good snaps!:up:

[Dowly]

AAAARGH!!! I HATE THIS FECKING STUPID PC!!! :damn::damn:

I'm making a screenshot for this thread, and TWO times when it has been 99% finished, I got an blue screen of death!!! FEEEEECK!!! :damn::damn::damn:

[Brag]

Tarjack, thanks for pointing out Picasa. Not only it compliments my older stuff, but the upload to photobucket is like 3 seconds vs my old speed of one minute.

Below is a sligthly doctored up copy of the first shot in this thread. More real?
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr956.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr956-2.jpg

[Reece]

Hey now thats nice Brag, what filter is used to give that yellowish old photo look?:-?
@ Dowly, oh crap, now that would really get to me, I used to get a lot of that with 98, & my keyboard always copped it!:yep: (lucky they make em pretty tough!) but XP has been great, especially with Norton Utilities Win Doctor!:up:

[Dowly]

Nice one Brag. :up:

Here's another 'slightly doctored' photo from my first WaW III patrol.

U-21 observes an secondary explosion aboard British small steamer wich was struck by two torpedoes shortly before the photograph was taken.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/U21Observing.jpg

[Brag]

Reece, thanks:
The yellowish is sepia, which most photo editing programs have. You can adjust the intensity.

In this pic, I also messed about with focus and grain (again, very slightly). :D

[Brag]

Nice one, Dowly. Glad to see you're back in business. :D

Now, Balz been bugging me to post something that will glorify his ego :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Brag]

Jawhol!! Me, me, me. Here is one of the war's most glorious scenes: Nelson sinking. And the Magnificent Balz using his superior skill did it with only one torpedo. :smug: The Kriegsmarine is very lucky to have me.

Kptlt. J.S. Balz



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr910.jpg

[Iron Budokan]

I love these pictures, guys. Fantastic! :up:

[Brag]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr864-1.jpg

[bigboywooly]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_421-1.jpg

[Lzs von swe]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/Bismarck10.jpg
Picture taken by an unknown British sailor.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH3Img124.jpg
Picture taken by Adolf Mack, IWO on board the U-24.

I have used IrfanView 4.0. Limited in functions but otherwise a really good prog.

[bigboywooly]

Onboard RAF cameras capture rocket attack on U 124

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_495-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Some great shots here guys :rock: :up:

[antikristuseke]

Photo taken by Bootsman Otto Meier on U-47 of the sinking of an unidentified merchant.
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/antikristuseke/U-47strikes.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH3Img19-3-2006_20.jpg

[Dowly]

Great shot, Steve! :rock:

Few more from my current WaW patrol.

U-21 under attack from RAF aircraft. September 1939, NordSee.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/AirAttack1U21.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/AirAttack2U21.jpg


Photograph taken in the U-21's control room as bombs from the enemy planes land dangerously close to the boat. U-21 was constantly attacked by RAF for 13 hours. The boat was lightly damaged, but was able to continue the patrol.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/UnderAttackU21.jpg

[U-104]

:rock::rock::rock::up::up::up:

[Reece]

I fiddled around Brag but just couldn't get it to look like an old photo, but after using a gradient filter to add Sepia color then added film grain also blured and removed moire the picture was too dark so I adjusted the brightness and got the following result that looks a little like a painting, I called it "Grey Wolf after a kill 1942":
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SH330a.jpg

[TarJak]

Tres artistique! Reece!:up:

[Reece]

Gosh, thanks Tarjak!:oops::oops:

[Dowly]

U-21 passing Norwegian merchant vessel. September 1939, NordSee.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/U21NorwegianVessel.jpg


British merchant ablaze moments after U-21 torpedoed her. September 1939, East coast of Britain.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/U21Attacking.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

U-21's control room
Looks just like a real photo floating around in the books somewhere.

...the following result that looks a little like a painting.
Actually it looks a LOT like a painting! Good work!:rock:

[Syxx_Killer]

This thread is amazing! You guys can really pull off the realistic looking photos! I wonder if this thread could be a sticky? :rock:

[Dowly]

This thread is amazing! You guys can really pull off the realistic looking photos! I wonder if this thread could be a sticky? :rock: I doubt it, we already have 2 screenshot threads stickied here.

[Foghladh_mhara]

I fiddled around Brag but just couldn't get it to look like an old photo, but after using a gradient filter to add Sepia color then added film grain also blured and removed moire the picture was too dark so I adjusted the brightness and got the following result that looks a little like a painting, I called it "Grey Wolf after a kill 1942":


Very nice indeed. We've got a budding artist onboard my new command U-556. He did a watercolour entitled 'The Fatherlands Finest'!!
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8224/watercolourei2.png

I cant say I like his style and seeing as the artist is supposed to be the fellow on the left the title should be taken with a pinch of salt as well :D

[Brag]

I fiddled around Brag but just couldn't get it to look like an old photo, but after using a gradient filter to add Sepia color then added film grain also blured and removed moire the picture was too dark so I adjusted the brightness and got the following result that looks a little like a painting, I called it "Grey Wolf after a kill 1942":
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SH330a.jpg
good effect, Reece :D

[Reece]

Yeh, not bad for a fluke!!:yep: probably only a one of, never happen again!!:lol:

[Wolfehunter]

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/6964/maidenvoyage1ov7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


First maiden voyage for this U-boat. A lucky photographer managed to take a shot before the U-boat vanished into sea.

[mstgnymike]

"Photo taken by man in lighthouse outside of Wilhelmshaven, it is U-557 leaving port"-1940
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/OutThere.jpg
"Kaleun Navarre's photo of his first ship sunk (S.S. AnnaBulgaris) north of Lock Ewe"-1939
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/SS.AnnaBulgaris.jpg
"Taken by 1WO Daniel Navarre, it is a sad ship of the burning merchant (S.S. Cascade) and its crew going down after taking one torpedo and eleven shots of HE fire. "-1940
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/SS.Cascade.jpg

[Reece]

Nice Wolfehunter & mstgnymike, I love the attached captions!:up:

[joegrundman]

The Navigation Officer had been studying optical physics at Gottingen university before being called up one year into his studies. He managed to improvise a high power telephoto lens with a spare pair of binoculars and his cheap and nasty kodak camera.

The name of the ship was airbrushed out for reasons of sensitivity. There were no survivors due to the cold waters north of Shetland in February.

This was on the U-boat's third war patrol, early 1940.

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1452/sinkingmerchantcopypf6.png

[Shelton]

absolutely incredible!!! fantastic!

[Jimbuna]

The quality continues to show through.....:yep:

[Dowly]

@mstgnymike:

I love that first pic! :up::rock::rock:

[Dowly]

U21 in Nordsee. Photograph taken by German merchant vessel.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/U21inStorm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Racing to meet the convoy
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6075/10nu3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Both barrels
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5301/bothbarrels5xj6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Dowly]

Keep them coming! :rock:

[danlisa]

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s64/danlisa_photo/Periscope.jpg

[Dowly]

Ooh, clever Dan! Bravo! ;):up:

[antikristuseke]

That is an incredibly great shot dan.:/\\k: :up:

[Mikey_Wolf]

Do you know I was looking at that picture danlisa put up, and I could not for the life of me work out what it was I was looking at, and then the penny dropped.

Its the periscope image pasted into the control room free cam view. That is some pretty cool stuff dan!

[Penelope_Grey]

Tell you what Brag... this is not the worst idea you have ever had.:up:

[Dowly]

Tell you what Brag... this is not the worst idea you have ever had.:up:

I double that! :up::yep:

[TarJak]

Two shots taken by USN sailors after the capture of U-555 off Newfoundland in 1943:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot11673044121.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot1167304427.jpg

[mstgnymike]

@mstgnymike:

I love that first pic! :up::rock::rock:

ya i got one more coming later on still editing hope u guys like it!

[sunvalleyslim]

all pics are truly outstanding,Thanks to all

[skookum]

Here's a few more. Get out your reading glasses. All U-5 in the North Sea.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/TypeIIDNorthSea04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/TypeIIDNorthSea03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/TypeIIDNorthSea02.jpg

[Dowly]

Excellent! :up:

[TarJak]

Watch crew of U458 in the North Atlantic:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/oldCT.jpg

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Good thread! Keep 'em coming! :up: :up: :up:

[Dowly]

Good god Tar! :o

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

a few experiments (still gotta find out lots of stuff)

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/Untitled-Grayscale-03.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/Untitled-TrueColor-02-1.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/Untitled-Grayscale-05.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/Untitled-Composite-09.jpg

edited with PhotoStudio. wich programs do you guy's use ?

(no the last picture isnt the same as my sig :) )

[TarJak]

Good god Tar! :o
Veilen Danke Dowly. Glad you like.

[Goose_green]

Excellent pics posted so far, really impressive and some amazing effects there - keep up the good work:up:

I may have a go myself - now i have to understand how to use Photoshop:hmm:

[Lzs von swe]

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

Unknown type VII under attack by British planes. Picture taken by M. Burton, gunner in the Swordfish seen crashing to the left, just before he splashed into the water.

[Dowly]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/SHIII/Paintig.jpg

[TarJak]

Dowly! Mein Gott im himmel!:huh:

[Gezoes]

Dowly, you make some mighty FINE pics m8! :huh::yep:

[TarJak]

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

[Reece]

Damn ... you guys just keep em coming, some of those pictures really do look like old snaps, I especially like that old beat up shot of U458!:up:

[Jimbuna]

Time to get the old Leica out, me thinks :arrgh!:

[Klaus_Doldinger]

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1500/proa2az8.jpg

[TarJak]

They just keep getting better and better. Keep em coming fellas.:up:

Portrait of LzS Udo Mertz in U458's Zentralle before going on leave in June 1941:

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

[Reece]

Crusty old bugger isn't he? :stare: I think his lips would crack if he smiled:lol:

[Wolfehunter]

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/5669/oldpic02wx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


A Uboat leaving port early morning. Local fisherman waved and took the picture in 1941.

[VipertheSniper]

Watch crew of U458 in the North Atlantic:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/oldCT.jpg

Nice Depth of Field

[TarJak]

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/5669/oldpic02wx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


A Uboat leaving port early morning. Local fisherman waved and took the picture in 1941.

Love it!:up:

[Jimbuna]

The Devil at Dawn

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9229/devilatdawn3md2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[mstgnymike]

"A swordfish attempts to return to its home carrier (Courageous) only to find it being struck by U-64's torpedos,
The pilot (Geoge Wellings) of the swordfish circles around as it burns to a sad ending. The destoryer the HMS Romstrom is able to save 79 of the crewmates.419 sailors were killed by the fires and torpedo blasts"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/CorageousBurns.jpg

[bigboywooly]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_747.jpg

[Brag]

Nice shot BBW -- looks like you're gonna crash onto the dock :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
(forgive me, I'm in a good mood after re-GWXing my machine).

[Reece]

Yeh, instead of looking out for martians he should be watching where he's going!!:lol:
Good one BBW!:yep:

[skookum]

Another rough day for U-5.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/TypeIIDNorthSea05goodBWcopy.jpg

[TAW_CZAREJS]

From the deck of the H.M.S. Battleaxe moments after a collision with U-407 in a gale 100 miles northeast of the Azores.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3718/sh3img892007141941575fb0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Not long after this photo was taken U-407 slid back into the depths and Battleaxe detected her hull giving away. Battleaxe was credited with a kill.

[Brag]

05 January 1942
U-124 (Kptlt. Brag) leaves Lorient, course to the west.
Photo Kriegsmarine.


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr618.jpg

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

05 January 1942
U-124 (Kptlt. Brag) leaves Lorient, course to the west.
Photo Kriegsmarine.


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr618.jpg

where did you found my key's ? :o

[Brag]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I was too drunk to remember:sunny: Someone in the Chateau des Sardines, Doenitz. Do you know him?

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I was too drunk to remember:sunny: Someone in the Chateau des Sardines, Doenitz. Do you know him?

:shifty: il kill him.

on second thought. mayby i can get the Gestapo on him :hmm:
stealing kaleuns keys of the boats is a crime :yep:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[clayton]

Okie, found the color pics. :rock:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1664/cruisingedited1no.jpg

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1007/calmbeforestormedited25bm.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/1913/19sq.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9576/norway8vo.jpg

That's all. Carry on. :up:

Outstanding! :up:

[mr chris]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/GWX-46.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/GWX-45.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/GWX-62.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/GWX-63.jpg

A few old ones will have ago at some new ones when i get a chance to play.:arrgh!:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

The U-53 at speed in the North Sea, 1939

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/i/2007/254/4/b/Old_photo_by_zbaty.jpg (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/)

[VipertheSniper]

U-181 on patrol in the Indian ocean

http://members.chello.at/reinhold.bisanz/sh3screens/IXD2Postcard.jpg

[bigboywooly]

Nice shot BBW -- looks like you're gonna crash onto the dock :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
(forgive me, I'm in a good mood after re-GWXing my machine).

Was reversing out of the port
One of the Black Sea ports
Feodosia :up:

[Wolfehunter]

Stumbled through my Opa's photo album and I found this! He was an AK AK anti-aircraft gunner in WWII.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8707/oldpic03harborhr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Avatar]

Killer photo of the watch crew, Tarjak. I agree with the comment "nice depth of field." The crease marks and age marks adds to it's beauty.
You too must have some photo experience.

[mr chris]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/285.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/286.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/287.jpg

[Wolfehunter]

Another Uboat on the hunt. This photo has seen better days.;)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6396/coololdshot01qz5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

I think you need to use photoshop to see if you can restore that one!:rotfl:

Great work Wolfehunter!:up:

[skookum]

To the bottom of the Irish Sea.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Tothebottomcopy-1.jpg

[Wolfehunter]

I think you need to use photoshop to see if you can restore that one!:rotfl:

Great work Wolfehunter!:up:

Thanks I have fun with this post. :smug:

This one was auctioned on Ebay.:nope:

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2867/oldshot04funih2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

LzS Gunther Priess orders an emergency dive:

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

[Penelope_Grey]

Couple of basic shots from the captain of an unknown U-boat number. Photos reveal it to be of the type 9 class.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/Penny/oldy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/Penny/oldy2.jpg

The boat is headed out to sea.

[TarJak]

Life Magazine ran a feature on the USS IOWA in it's October 30 1944 edition:

http://img.timeinc.net/Life/covers/1944/cv103044.jpg

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

[Huskalar]

Very nice picture TarJak! :up:

[Foghladh_mhara]

The opposite poles of U-566's last cruise

Matrosengefreiter Fehler captured against a rising sun in the Bay of Biscay. Calm seas and a relaxed feeling all round

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3403/sunrisepy4.jpg

The consequences of relaxing in the Bay of Biscay 1942

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7157/wasserbombenqs4.jpg

Deck gun, Attack and Obs scopes both out of commission and an early return to St Nazaire:damn:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

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

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

[Dowly]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/wrongthread.jpg

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/wrongthread.jpg

i agree.
but there isnt one for pets. so it has to go somwhere ;) :lol:

[Dowly]

Humorous picture thread, maybe?

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Humorous picture thread, maybe?
:hmm: wasnt that for the SH3 one's ?

also. it can be seen as a postcard ;)

[Jimbuna]

@Pen, TarJak and Foghladh_mhara

Great shots.....will we be seeing the S****l one ? :hmm:

@Dowly

LMAO :rotfl:

[Hakahura]

0546 GMT, 18th September '44. An unidentified Type VIIC heads out to sea.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3263/datedsx7.jpg

Photo was taken by French Resistance member **** ******* codename Bluefinch, covering as deck hand on a fishing schooner. Time, location and heading were passed to SOE operatives by means of ****** ******. Intelligence confirmed and cross checked with ULTRA intercepts.
Further pictures of this U-boat latter identified as U***, were taken by RAF Coastal Command Sunderland's, but remain classified “Eyes Only” at this time. Rumours of additional images taken by Royal Navy personnel aboard this submarine remain unsubstantiated.

[Jimbuna]

WOW :o ............Fantastic!! :rock: :up:

[Penelope_Grey]

@Pen, TarJak and Foghladh_mhara

Great shots.....will we be seeing the S****l one ? :hmm:

Huh?:o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/Penny/sunk.jpg

Image taken by German diver Hans Fiebler. As he examines the crippled IXC/40: U-169 on the sea bed. It was attacked and severely damaged by a British Patrol aircraft. The crew were later rescued when they made sufficient repairs to surface using their compressed air reserve. They were taken aboard a Destroyer of the Type 34 class and returned safely to Lorient. Apart from a few injuries there were no lives lost in the attack.

[Jimbuna]

@Pen, TarJak and Foghladh_mhara

Great shots.....will we be seeing the S****l one ? :hmm:

Huh?:o


We've had the LIFE one.....what about the one that begins with the letter 'S' and ends with the letter 'l' :damn:

[Dowly]

:rotfl::rotfl:

[Penelope_Grey]

@Pen, TarJak and Foghladh_mhara

Great shots.....will we be seeing the S****l one ? :hmm:
Huh?:o

We've had the LIFE one.....what about the one that begins with the letter 'S' and ends with the letter 'l' :damn:

I repeat my previous statement Chief.

"huh?"

[Jimbuna]

@Pen, TarJak and Foghladh_mhara

Great shots.....will we be seeing the S****l one ? :hmm:
Huh?:o

We've had the LIFE one.....what about the one that begins with the letter 'S' and ends with the letter 'l' :damn:

I repeat my previous statement Chief.

"huh?"

You have a PM.....and possibly one from Dowly :p

[Dowly]

Hint: You and Jim, comedy, act. :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Hopefully TJ will post it soon ;)

[TarJak]

@Pen, TarJak and Foghladh_mhara

Great shots.....will we be seeing the S****l one ? :hmm:

@Dowly

LMAO :rotfl:
May have to change some of the text first. Don't want people getting too excited about it. LMAO:rotfl:

[TarJak]

Done, ;)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/GWXSignal3.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Been called a lot of things in my time :hmm: ......but 'comedian' :lol:

Nice one matey :rock: :up:

[Hakahura]

Recently De-Classified.
20th September '44

RAF Coastal Command Wellingtons attacking U*** Type V11C U-boat.
Pictures taken by Flt Lt Prune, Pilot of RAF Coastal Command Sunderland.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2600/attack1ah3.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6303/attack2ph7.jpg

Award of Bar recomended to Wing Commander Spry's DFC.
For pressing home the attack with severely damaged Wellington.

2 more RAF Coastal Command Wellintons join the attack.
Pictures taken by Flt Lt Prune, Pilot of RAF Coastal Command Sunderland.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6739/doubleie0.jpg http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8282/double2wc2.jpg

Aerial photograph of HMS White Pudding joining the attack on U***
Pictures taken by Flt Lt Prune, Pilot of RAF Coastal Command Sunderland.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2889/ddgf2.jpg

Rumours of additional images taken by Royal Navy personnel aboard this submarine remain unsubstantiated.

[Hakahura]

Still Classified Photography!
Classified : Above Top Secret

20th September '44
Images Recorded by Seaman Stains RN.
Member of Boarding Party from HMS White Pudding.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3241/approachet9.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4346/conningtlk2.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4967/controlrmfr1.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8020/sonaraq9.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9885/radioroomrx8.jpg

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/2950/radartj2.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7130/enigmamf7.jpg

U*** Captured and towed to undisclosed location.
Crew of U***, whereabouts unknown.

Above Top Secret.
Vital enemy does not learn true fate of U***.

[TarJak]

Nice ones Hkahura!:up:

[Hakahura]

Ty Tarjak

Signal looks awesome, really vintage.

Wasn't there a real magazine by that name?
I'm guessing that's the look you're going for.

If Signal wasn't an internal military magazine,
Was it "a magazine for boys", as they would have said in the period?

[TarJak]

Ty Tarjak

Signal looks awesome, really vintage.

Wasn't there a real magazine by that name?
I'm guessing that's the look you're going for.

If Signal wasn't an internal military magazine,
Was it "a magazine for boys", as they would have said in the period?

It was a real magazine published before and during WWII by the German Porpoganda Ministry and it was published in several languages including English!

Quite a bit of info and some good cover shots here:
http://uw3.de/signal.htm

[Hakahura]

Knew I'd seen something like that before.
Thankx again TarJak.

What software did you use for the old paper-like effect?
It really does look like you've scaned a 60+ year old magazine.

Now if only I understood the full story with the private Grey Wolves jokes.
:rotfl:

[TarJak]

The jokes are just a bit of fun to keep the morale of the troops up whilst they work their butts off delivering the last version of the mod.

I used photoshop and created an overlay layer with embossed difference clouds to creat the effect. Once you know how it's pretty easy to do.

[Stealth Hunter]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3065/u53auf6.jpg

Hey I'm lazy :D

What did you use for that? (please, not Photoshop...)

[Brag]

Hakahura, you either outdid yourself or been spying, for which you'll hang :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3065/u53auf6.jpg

Hey I'm lazy :D
What did you use for that? (please, not Photoshop...)

You don't need photoshop to do this. Just use Picassa go to the effects tab, select black and white and then add film grain to taste. All up about 4-5 clicks to make something like this. Not trying to diminish your efforts fogladh. I reckon it still looks good.:up:

[Hakahura]

Hakahura, you either outdid yourself or been spying, for which you'll hang :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


Hang never happen...

Spry and Prune fly for the RAF,
Von Grun sails for the Kriegsmarine,
Dennis Parker is secetary to the PM at the War office,
Seaman Stains does unspeakable things to Roger the Cabin Boy.

Hakahuru never heard of it. No records.
Sorry old boy, he, she or it doesn't exist.
Figment of someones imagination.

[Brag]

Hakahura, you either outdid yourself or been spying, for which you'll hang :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


Hang never happen...

Spry and Prune fly for the RAF,
Von Grun sails for the Kriegsmarine,
Dennis Parker is secetary to the PM at the War office,
Seaman Stains does unspeakable things to Roger the Cabin Boy.

Hakahuru never heard of it. No records.
Sorry old boy, he, she or it doesn't exist.
Figment of someones imagination.

Har, har , harrrfff:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Wolfehunter]

Done, ;)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/GWXSignal3.jpg

:o ....:cry: .. Man you guys are pulling out the heavy guns. Hmmmm How to beat this one?:hmm:

:D Well great work dude. :rock:

[TarJak]

I have got a few more up my sleve but can;t post them yet.;) Thanks for the kudos.:smug: I'm sure someone out there can do better.

[Foghladh_mhara]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3065/u53auf6.jpg

Hey I'm lazy :D
What did you use for that? (please, not Photoshop...)

You don't need photoshop to do this. Just use Picassa go to the effects tab, select black and white and then add film grain to taste. All up about 4-5 clicks to make something like this. Not trying to diminish your efforts fogladh. I reckon it still looks good.:up:

Your diminishing my efforts Tarjak :cry: :p

I use Arcsoft PhotoStudio. Add film grain and blur the image slightly. This is my favourite one. I messed about with the lighting a bit and have never managed to recreate it. Dont know what I did to be honest:yep:

[TarJak]

No offense meant Fogladh. Just commenting on the tools needed as someone didn't want to have to use photoshop.

[Hakahura]

Disturbing Sinking.

Pictures taken by Flt Lt Prune, Pilot of RAF Coastal Command Sunderland.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6994/carriersinksxd9.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/791/hegehogck3.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6700/meleegk5.jpg

HMS Hotpot was sunk yesterday, (Essex class carrier loaned by our American cousins). Apparently by multiple torpedos. Remaining destroyers in task group gave chase to an intermitant sonar contact. RAF Mosquito's also called in. Captain of the HMS White Pudding reports contact moving at 17 knots. Contact lost, assume Seaman Stains was operating ASDIC. 17 knots very disturbing, no explanation. Good friend of mine Dennis Parker has contacts with SOE, he claims to have some intelligence from Norway which might explain this.

[Hakahura]

Photo was taken by Norwegian Resistance member ****** ********** codename Pelican, covering as deck hand on a herring trawler.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3061/typexxiiieb8.jpg

Photo was taken near ******** Fjord. Pelican has cultivated contacts with German dock workers. They reveal it to be a new, ultra fast, short rang U-boat known to the Germans as a Type XXIII. Pelican also reports having seen an even lager U-boat of similar hull configuration. Reputed underwater speed of around 17 knots. (No images of larger U-boat available at this time). Larger U-boat known to Germans as Type XXI. Could this explain HMS Hotpot's sinking?

Dennis Parker













Thanks to Flakmonkey for creating the Type XXIII in SH3.

[hyperion2206]

Unidentified U-Boat passing the Bismarck in 1939.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5699/uboatandbismarckhr1.jpg

[Hakahura]

Excellent hyperion.
Makes me think about doing one in colour.

[hyperion2206]

Excellent hyperion.
Makes me think about doing one in colour.

Thanks Hakahura, I just played around with Picasa and I'm very pleased with the outcome (if I may say so myself;)).But yorshotslook great as well!:rock:

[TarJak]

Leutnant Rolf Kreuzfeldt in a still from a propaganda ministry newreel on U-Boat crews taken in 1940:

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

[Jimbuna]

Is that who I think it is ? :hmm:

:rotfl:

[TarJak]

Who do you think it is? :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Wouldn't want to upset em/you.....I'll tell you over on TS some time ;)

[Hakahura]

More pictures from Noway, courtesy Norwegian Resistance via SOE.

Operative Pelican has now recruited 2 more soures know as Blackbird and Gannet.
New colour film capturing some good intel.

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5221/bwxxi2fq1.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9252/colourxxi2px7.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9946/bwxxi1am2.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2927/colourxxi1ry6.jpg

5th and 6th images have "Hipper" in background.
May be useful to our backroom boffins to estimate size of this new U-boat.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6605/hipperxxibwck8.jpg

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3838/hipperxxicolourqj0.jpg

Final shot taken in U-boat Pen.
Agent Gannet is gathering intel on length of Pen.
May also be useful for size estimation.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/401/bwxxipendi8.jpg

Is this the new U-boat (Type XXI) responsible for HMS Hotpot's sinking?
Location in and around Bergan and the dates would suggest so.
Allegedly manafactured at Breman.
Will ask PM to speak to Harris about this.
But you know how Bomber feels about "panacea targets"

Dennis Parker.







My first go at editing using Picasa (free from google). Quite easy to use. Results, you decide.

[Hakahura]

15th Feb '45

Actung!

U3523 now fully Operational!

The Fuhrer has given us yet another "Wunder Weapon"!

Actual combat imagery from U3523 periscope!

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/9982/peridf7.jpg

HMS Hotpot now sits at the bottom of the Nord Zee!

All U-boot Kapitans to expect imminent upgrade to new Type XXI!

Bdu

[Dowly]

One more oldie from WaWI. :up:

U957 sunk a British Carrier (WaWI)
http://xs204.xs.to/xs204/06320/CarrierSinkingPhoto.jpg

[Hakahura]

That's brilliant Dowly!
I give up!

For now. Need to go back to sea. Must get more pictures. Stuff sinking anything.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Some more nice pics here :up::up:


RDP

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/evangelionunit03/SH3Img29-5-2007_11753_859.bmp.jpg

[Dowly]

Ok ok, few more. :p All from WaW I or II.

April 10th 1940, U-27 returns from her 3rd patrol. Notice the deformed stern caused by a British destroyer which rammed the boat during the patrol. The destroyer wasnt the only threat they encountered out there. RAF harrassed the boat and it´s crew with deadly hit and run attacks. The attacks cost the life of Bootsmann Herbert Kriegel.

It is rumoured that captain of the boat, Kpt.Ltn. Adolf Bummer II declined to attend the welcoming party and that he ordered his crew to do so also. When later asked why, he said "Is it right that we go and party, when he (Kriegel) lies in the coffin waiting to be layed to his final rest?".

This was by far the most succesfull patrol of U-27, she sunk 9 enemy vessels for estimated 30,000grt and shot down a British Swordfish type aircraft.

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1898/u27p3arrivekielma9.jpg



ALAAARM!!! Taken through the periscope of U-27 as it was attacking a convoy in AN14. Two ships were sunk and after 1½ hours chase the DD´s forced the uboat to surface. No signs of surrender were seen so the DD´s opened fire and sank the uboat. 4 survivors were picked from the sea. Prior to this U-27 had participated in 4 patrols and had sunk 20 ships worth over 65,000grt.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6327/alarmnd8.jpg

[3Jane]

Unidentified U-Boat passing the Bismarck in 1939.




I thought it was the Bismarck at first, this is Willhelmshaven I presume. But when I checed it through my uzo it said the Tirpiz.

[Jimbuna]

The Baltic in winter.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9664/viicicedskin3se9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Canovaro]

http://kuijperonline.nl/weblink/sh3screen8.jpg

http://kuijperonline.nl/weblink/sh3screen9.jpg

[Brag]

Jimbuna & Canovaro: Nice shots! :D

[Avatar]

One more oldie from WaWI. :up:

U957 sunk a British Carrier (WaWI)
http://xs204.xs.to/xs204/06320/CarrierSinkingPhoto.jpg


Amazing!!!! Reminds me of a pic seen through the scope of the USS Wahoo.
Very nice. Kudos!

[Jimbuna]

Type XXI and the hipper: photographed by the Norwegian Resistance.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2558/64815962hl8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Hakahura]

Type XXI and the hipper: photographed by the Norwegian Resistance.

@ Jimbuna

Must have been taken by Norwegian Resistance member Agent Blackbird.
See Post 174.

[Jimbuna]

Type XXI and the hipper: photographed by the Norwegian Resistance.

@ Jimbuna

Must have been taken by Norwegian Resistance member Agent Blackbird.
See Post 174.

This was his partner Agent Bluebird....less affluent, couldn't afford a telephoto zoom lens :rotfl:

[TarJak]

Unidentified Type IX U-boat leaving Jakarta harbour in 1945. This phot was taken from the stern of U-487 by an unknown sailor.

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

[hyperion2206]

U-406 after a heavy DC attack by a British destroyer (DCs destroyed all forward tubes) in June 1942.

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5806/u406sc8.jpg

[Jimbuna]

@TarJak

Must of been eating his dinner whilst developing the photo and slopped a little :lol:

[Foghladh_mhara]

Photo of our escort Z.72 on our trip out of Willi

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9211/escortyw7.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Mid ocean rendezvous

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/900/meetingup3sr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Jimbuna]

The mighty Nelson

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4435/nelsongifyl2ex5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Myxale]

Keep em commin' mates! My Pic. Folder expanded!:rock:

[TarJak]

The mighty Nelson

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4435/nelsongifyl2ex5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Jim,

Very realistic!:up: Where did you get the waves and smoke mods?:rotfl:

[mstgnymike]

"On May 16, 1940, large cargo merchant (S.S. Saintcristol) was sunk by U-64.A sailor aboard snapped a shot which he had painted as shown here due to the original having water damage"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/SS.SaintcristolPainting.jpg
"Moments later, a surfaced U-64 is found north of Lerwick Sub Base and fired upon by 2 Mosquitos piloted by FltCpt's John Bominson and Anthony Morgan."
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/U-64Spotted.jpg
"FltCpt.Morgan Scores a damagaing hit on the engine room of U-64"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/Bombed-1.jpg
"Years later on September 18, 1992 Saintcristol is found just outside of Lerwick. "
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z132/mstgnymike/1992C.jpg

[mstgnymike]

The mighty Nelson

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4435/nelsongifyl2ex5.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Jim,

Very realistic!:up: Where did you get the waves and smoke mods?:rotfl:

truly amazing what Anti-Aliasing will do at x50 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and aniostropic at 1000:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

U-flack escort

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2634/uflack2hw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Jimbuna]

The mighty Nelson

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4435/nelsongifyl2ex5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Jim,

Very realistic!:up: Where did you get the waves and smoke mods?:rotfl:

GWX ;)

[TarJak]

The mighty Nelson

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4435/nelsongifyl2ex5.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Jim,

Very realistic!:up: Where did you get the waves and smoke mods?:rotfl:
GWX ;)

Ah! must be that 1.04 that everyone is talking about then.:rotfl::rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

I'll put up a few more tonight :up:

[Canovaro]

The mighty Nelson

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4435/nelsongifyl2ex5.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Jim,

Very realistic!:up: Where did you get the waves and smoke mods?:rotfl:
GWX ;)
Ah! must be that 1.04 that everyone is talking about then.:rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl:

[Canovaro]

I fiddled around Brag but just couldn't get it to look like an old photo, but after using a gradient filter to add Sepia color then added film grain also blured and removed moire the picture was too dark so I adjusted the brightness and got the following result that looks a little like a painting, I called it "Grey Wolf after a kill 1942":
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SH330a.jpg

IT's great :up:

[Biggles]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5096/sh3img226200714844750cz8.png
My first edited picture:oops:

But I'm quite happy with the result. Don't know how realistic it is though....

Picture taken somewhere between South America and Freetown.

[TarJak]

I reckon it looks good!:up: Love the camera shake effect!

[Biggles]

Hehe, yeah, I figured that would be a nice touch. The sea ain't that calm as you can see....if you look closely.

[edit] This was funnier than I thought. Here is another one:
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9864/sh3img188200715426513ys2.png
Picture taken by a gunner on a Stuka in spring 1940. Just outside the coast of Denmark. Just to the left of the plane in focus is a dark spot in the water, comfirmed to be a german U-boat, probably an IID class.

[Foghladh_mhara]

Photograph taken by Kaleun Alois Janus from his battlestation during a particularly heavy depth charge attack

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3655/hidingyc5.jpg

[Spruence M]

I wish I had talent like the folks around here. Stunning

[Dowly]

I wish I had talent like the folks around here. Stunning

Well... see the 'official' screenshot thread's few first pages and check my pics. At the time I knew nothing about image editing etc. but all you need is practice and testing. :up:

[Biggles]

I got a photoshop program yesterday, the pics I made was just the result of some playing with program.

[TarJak]

For example this one took about 15 mins to make "old".

It is a shot of the KM Scharnhorst taken by an unnamed officer from the stern deck of the Gneisenau.

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

[Jimbuna]

Well... see the 'official' screenshot thread's few first pages and check my pics. At the time I knew nothing about image editing etc. but all you need is practice and testing.

You were a competent pupil ;)


For example this one took about 15 mins to make "old".


Heaven only knows how long it would have took then to make a decent photo ;)

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Dowly]

Rofl @ Jim :rotfl:

But here's an easy way to make the old style effect with photoshop CS3.

Make it black & white
Filter->Add noise I use ~5 for an 1280x1024 pic
Filter->blur->Lens Blur

Done.

Also, you can get quite nice colored pic if after doing the above, you copy the original layer (you duplicated the original layer and made the duplicate layer your old pic, right? :) ) and move it above the old pic layer, then just change the blending options to 'Color'.

[TarJak]

Heaven only knows how long it would have took then to make a decent photo ;)

:rotfl: :rotfl:LMAO Jim.


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

[Biggles]

Nice one Tarjak!:up:

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7724/sh3img2162007151720796sq0.png
:cool:

[skookum]

The trick to making these photo's look realistic lies with removing enough visual data to hide things such as aliasing and imperfect textures, while leaving enough visual clues to convince the viewer that the image's subject is in fact real. It really is an art rather than a science, despite the integration of technology required to achieve the effect.

Go for contrast. Common black and white film from the 30's and 40's often captured more contrast than detail. Large areas of highlight and dark will appear more convincing than big sections of gray with lots of detail. (dark hull against an almost white sky and a light gray sea)

Go easy on the blurring. Use just enough to hide the jaggies, but assume the photographer was reasonably proficient. I find Photoshop's "lens blur" filter the most convincing.

Depth of field is hard to simulate but can make screenies convincingly real. Once again though, don't over do it. I won't go into the details about the how or why here, but experienced photographers and Photoshoppers will understand what I mean.

This image is a repost and done quickly, but it illustrates my points:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/skookum_49/Tothebottomcopy-1.jpg

[Dowly]

@Biggles:

You might want to post JPGs, PNGs load up very very very slowly...

[Jimbuna]

An early WWII colour photo.

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8871/fletchergifft3.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Dowly]

Whoa! Seems like they were ahead of their time there, Jim! A moving photograph?! :huh: :p

[Biggles]

Whoa! Seems like they were ahead of their time there, Jim! A moving photograph?! :huh: :p


Bah, these muggles.....:p

[Jimbuna]

Ya know what the yanks are like.....always boasting they were the first to do everything ;)

[Biggles]

btw, I don't know how to change the format of the pictures....

[Brag]

I fiddled around Brag but just couldn't get it to look like an old photo, but after using a gradient filter to add Sepia color then added film grain also blured and removed moire the picture was too dark so I adjusted the brightness and got the following result that looks a little like a painting, I called it "Grey Wolf after a kill 1942":
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SH330a.jpg

IT's great :up:

Absolutely, great result!! :D

[Jimbuna]

btw, I don't know how to change the format of the pictures....

I use St Paint Studio :up:

[Dau-U-42]

Ok ok, few more. :p All from WaW I or II. ...

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1898/u27p3arrivekielma9.jpg



This picture is just brilliant! If it was just the submarine under construction and the harbor, I would totally think it was a real photograph! Please help a fellow Kaleu! For perkele's sake, how did you make the effect? :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Brothers In Arms

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1481/adua6su8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Myxale]

Did i miss something? What Boot is that Jim?:hmm:

[Dowly]

This picture is just brilliant! If it was just the submarine under construction and the harbor, I would totally think it was a real photograph! Please help a fellow Kaleu! For perkele's sake, how did you make the effect? :arrgh!:

Cant remember, mate. This' very old screenshot. Just play with the 'noise' & 'blur'. :up:

[Jimbuna]

That's the Italian Adua class.....previously posted by Kpt. Lehmann and JU_88 in other threads. :up:

[Brag]

The devastating effect of a German magnetic torpedo on a tanker.
Photo Kriegsmarine 1941

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/Braguine/fsscr990.jpg

[Biggles]

Nice on Brag! :up:

But you seem to be awfully near land. Where is this?

[Brag]

Land? This is BF39.:roll:

[Biggles]

Then what's that black stuff in the horizon?

[Brag]

It must be darker water beyond the lit up area.:D

[TarJak]

The GWX crew hard at work finishing 1.04

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

Qantas Catalina 'Altair Star' earns the Rare and Secret Order of the Double Sunrise its maiden flight between Perth and Koggala Lake, in southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka):

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

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details11

[Myxale]

The "Men at Work" is a great one...wonder which one Kpt. Lehmann is! ;)

[seafarer]

The GWX crew hard at work finishing 1.04

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


Err, is that guy in front of the crates pulling a Michael Jackson?













P.S. a Michael Jackson = a crotch grab

[TarJak]

Nah but he's definately playing with his hammer.:rotfl:

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4668/hammerjk2.jpg

[Canovaro]

sackratten :lol:

[Jimbuna]

Careful how you go!!



http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2085/55tu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[VipertheSniper]

I've never got those men at work, only the half-finished u-boat with noone working. Guess in my install of SH3 we're not losing enough boats or something.

[Jimbuna]

I've never got those men at work, only the half-finished u-boat with noone working. Guess in my install of SH3 we're not losing enough boats or something.

If your playing GWX 1.03 try Toulon....IIRC :hmm:

[Mittelwaechter]

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6578/horizonoldfotozg7.jpg

Lt. Werner's famous sunset photo.

[TarJak]

I've never got those men at work, only the half-finished u-boat with noone working. Guess in my install of SH3 we're not losing enough boats or something.
If your playing GWX 1.03 try Toulon....IIRC :hmm:
The shot was from GWX 1.03 in Brest.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Dowly, no cheating. we all know that 2nd from bottom pic on the first page is a screen cap from Das Boot:p :D

[joegrundman]

rare colour photo from a u-boat at the beginning of a depth charge attack. The boat was caught at shallow depth by surprise and was forced to the surface to surrender 20 minutes later.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6209/depthchargehx4.png

[TarJak]

Nice shot Joe!:up:

The latest issue of LIFE magazine has just hit the decks:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8915/kshiplifejq9.jpg

And a shot from the article inside the mag:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Kship3.bmp.jpg

[Mittelwaechter]

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7414/bowviewoldfotooi2.jpg

Another photo out of Lt. Werner's war diary.

[Bismarck]

Wicked!!!! Very good. I'm trying to get one. What software do you use?