die Luftschlacht um England (1 Viewer)

[wayne556517]

jh by Wayne 556517, on Flickr

brit1a by Wayne 556517, on Flickr

 

[ivanmoe]

Nice work, Wayne.:salute::

Found a color backdrop that you can try:

https://external-content.duckduckgo...0/jpg/_55254323_3.-aerial-view.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

The image above can be enlarged considerably without noticeable pixelation.

As for the Heinkel, if you don't have one laying around the man-cave, Google yourself an overhead view.

Remove the background, and insert it as a layer beneath the '109.

Ought to look cool.

-Moe

 

[Louis Badolato]

Nice work, Wayne.:salute::

Found a color backdrop that you can try:

https://external-content.duckduckgo...0/jpg/_55254323_3.-aerial-view.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

The image above can be enlarged considerably without noticeable pixelation.

As for the Heinkel, if you don't have one laying around the man-cave, Google yourself an overhead view.

Remove the background, and insert it as a layer beneath the '109.

Ought to look cool.

-Moe

Moe, you want me to shoot you an overhead view of my K&C Heinkel HE111? With your ability to photoshop you can probably reproduce the whole original in color.:salute::

 

[ivanmoe]

Moe, you want me to shoot you an overhead view of my K&C Heinkel HE111? With your ability to photoshop you can probably reproduce the whole original in color.:salute::

Hi Louis,

Sure, we can turn this into a teachable moment!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Hi Louis,

Sure, we can turn this into a teachable moment!

Okay,

I'll have my son Alec (a far better photographer), take some overhead views of the HE111.

 

[ivanmoe]

Okay,

I'll have my son Alec (a far better photographer), take some overhead views of the HE111.

Louis, a request...

Could you ask Alec to shoot the model against a white background, a sheet perhaps, towel, or poster-board?

It'll make it easier to make the bomber layer transparent.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Will do, Moe.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Is this okay? Would you rather I e-mailed them to you?

 

[ivanmoe]

Louis,

These should be fine.

Please thank Alec for me!

-Moe

 

[ivanmoe]

Is this okay? Would you rather I e-mailed them to you?

Well, darned if the pics didn't disappear.

Will PM you an email address.

-Moe

 

[Louis Badolato]

I e-mailed them to you, and passed along your thanks to Alec.

 

[ivanmoe]

I e-mailed them to you, and passed along your thanks to Alec.

Got 'em, Louis!

For our other readers...

Basically, what I was suggesting to Wayne was creating a pic made up of three layers.

One layer would be an aerial view of the Thames River in London, a second of his model '109, and, thanks to Alec, a third of a He111.

To make the three pics mesh together, visually, I deleted the backgrounds from both Wayne's and Alec's model pictures.

Then I layered the model pics over a Google image of London.

When the three images are combined, this is the product:

I do this kind of thing all the time with my models.

Basically, it frees me from being constrained by the size limits of backgrounds that I experienced in the past.

In fact, I recall making that exact comment to a forum friend 2-3 years ago.

That's it for the graphics lesson, folks.

Now, Wayne can have his thread back!!!:redface2:

-Moe

 

[OzDigger]

Looks great Moe.

 

[ivanmoe]

Looks great Moe.

Thanks Matt,

Here are Wayne's and Louis' model pics on a different background:

About the only limit on the background is what you can locate and frame up using Google maps.

Quite a tool there.

-Moe

 

[jomartvr]

For kicks you could toggle on the historical imagery in Google Earth. For the UK it contains aerial photographs from World War 2. I have uploaded an image of London dated to 1945. Thought that it may be useful.
Best wishes,
Benjamin

About the only limit on the background is what you can locate and frame up using Google maps.

Quite a tool there.

-Moe[/QUOTE]