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Posted on 23/01/15 08:55:26 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 540: The dinghy
I visited London's RAF Museum a while ago, which contains examples of air force planes and equipment dating back to the earliest days of flight. Among the vast number of exhibits was this splendid recreation of three bailed-out pilots afloat in a dinghy. Can you place the boat in a more realistic setting? And if you're feeling ambitious, can you depict the airmen at a different stage in their adventure? High res is here.  |
Posted on 23/01/15 11:52:38 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 540: The dinghy
In memory of all the brave fliers in RAF Air Sea rescue who often worked in appalling conditions and were largely unsung after the war. 
The aircraft is a Supermarine Walrus, built by the same company that designed and built the somewhat sleeker Spitfire. They did heroic service rescuing downed pilots. _________________  |
Posted on 23/01/15 6:02:16 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 567 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 540: The dinghy
Bit of a storm in a tea cup this week I think.   |
Posted on 23/01/15 6:16:53 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 540: The dinghy
And this lot were cautioned severely for abusing RAF equipment.  |
Posted on 24/01/15 12:53:09 PM |
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Garfield72
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Posted on 24/01/15 4:36:45 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 540: The dinghy
Very nice work Francois. 
A 6.7 MB animated gif. 
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Posted on 24/01/15 6:04:23 PM |
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Garfield72
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Thank you very much Michael |
Posted on 25/01/15 12:45:37 PM |
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james
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Posted on 25/01/15 12:49:09 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply  |
Ditched
I enjoyed this one ..... getting that nice old black and white movie flavour. David Niven's just out of shot waiting to come to the rescue .....   _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/01/15 3:00:03 PM |
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Linda Eckert
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Posted on 25/01/15 6:19:46 PM |
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Emy
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 _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 25/01/15 6:49:24 PM |
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sciteach
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Posted on 25/01/15 9:09:27 PM |
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DavidMac
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Emy: Impressive re-use of the figures .... and spot on brief ......
Sciteach: Memories of my childhood and "The Incredible Shrinking Man"! Are they going to vanish down the plug hole to combat giant spiders with a pin ....... ?
Sadly you may need to be my age to understand the second comment ....  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/01/15 10:03:05 PM |
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sciteach
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I understand it well! i used to watch that show on creature double feature back in the day. |
Posted on 25/01/15 11:29:18 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply |
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Awwww, thank you so much! _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 26/01/15 02:48:56 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
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http://vimeo.com/117760902  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 26/01/15 02:50:14 AM |
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tooquilos
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My first thought after seeing the image for this weeks challenge was to rebuild the raft and I remembered the 3D donut maker lol. And presto..new raft. I added the textures afterwards. The beauty was with the 3D I was able to match the perspective of the original.  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 26/01/15 12:33:36 PM |
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wörn
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Challenge 540: The dinghy
Well, Sciteach was first with his bathtub story. But I was in mid-work when I realized that he got quite a similar idea... Enjoy anyway!  |
Posted on 26/01/15 3:54:25 PM |
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LonnieK
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Posted on 26/01/15 10:39:07 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply |
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If this is too off topic Steve please move or remove it. My father was invalided home from the RAF in WW2 with an injury and was put into training airmen in basic survival techniques. Twice every week, sun, shine or freeze he had to jump off Torquay pier in full flying kit. The plus side of this for my sister and I was that one day he came home with a yellow inflatable life raft. It was huge. Not just to us as kids but, when I look at photographs, it really was!! It became our paddling pool. A huge treat that not many wartime kids could enjoy ....... here we are - complete with another wartime classic - the stirrup pump. Remember them anyone?  Paddle Pool by davidmac1943, on Flickr_________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
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