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Posted on 10/02/23 08:43:51 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 942: The spy balloon
I was intrigued this week by the news of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by US troops. Partly because I didn't think spy balloons were still a thing, in the age of satellites and whatnot, and partly because there was seemingly no attempt to make it look like anything other than a spy balloon. If you wanted to fly a covert surveillance inflatable over, say, Chicago, how would you go about disguising it? High res is here. 
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Posted on 10/02/23 12:01:11 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3137 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
They call it "Floyd"...  |
Posted on 10/02/23 12:02:40 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3137 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
I couldn't decide which version I liked the best, so here's the other one.  |
Posted on 10/02/23 12:22:08 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5575 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
DANG you beat me to it!!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 10/02/23 3:55:06 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3137 Reply |
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Posted on 10/02/23 3:57:15 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3137 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Old school shoot-down... 
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Posted on 10/02/23 5:01:46 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Posted on 10/02/23 5:22:05 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5575 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Beaten to it AGAIN!! Disguised as red blooded Americans the Chinese spy cams arrive.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 10/02/23 5:23:31 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5575 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
_________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 10/02/23 7:04:41 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3137 Reply |
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Posted on 11/02/23 04:28:56 AM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply  |
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Posted on 11/02/23 04:28:56 AM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Higher res here. |
Posted on 11/02/23 09:40:09 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Very nice indeed Tom _________________  |
Posted on 11/02/23 12:29:21 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5575 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
That's splendid Tom! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 11/02/23 8:36:20 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Thanks guys. |
Posted on 12/02/23 08:44:02 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2886 Reply  |
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The lighting is beautiful, Tom. http://vimeo.com/798083576  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 12/02/23 6:24:32 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1853 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Love Loyd's, Tom's, and Anna's work. 
The trick here is to make one as inconspicuous as possible to evade detection. 
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Posted on 12/02/23 10:34:08 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply |
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Posted on 13/02/23 11:27:32 AM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 558 Reply |
Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Not an entry, but I couldn't resist the Brits getting in on the act.  |
Posted on 13/02/23 3:21:23 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 942: The spy balloon
Tom that is just the business! Anna - love yours too. Good to see all the Pink Floyd tributes but lwc! How could you do that to a poor piggy!? _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
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