Bombing the Railway

[JakesF14]

a SAAF Buccanneer blowing up an old railway on a bombing exercize near Cape Town



c+c welcome

[Layne.]

Nice explosion effects but try adding a bit of red to the explosion and some black smoke as it looks fake than the rest of the picture does

[JakesF14]

Thanks for the tps, it is my first man made explosion on photoshop  :-)
will do so!

[patchz]

[quote]Thanks for the tps, it is my first man made explosion on photoshop

[olderndirt]

"What's a buccaneer?"
"A heck of a price for corn."
An old, old joke - much like myself

[Layne.]

[quote]Thanks for the tps, it is my first man made explosion on photoshop

[JakesF14]

thanks for the good comments!

well, im not too unfamiliar with photoshop. i rendered this in AutoCAD and compile the rest in photoshop - a new building i did for a developer

[Capt.Propwash]

as for the explosion... that is just the first seconds durring the blast, BEFORE the red part of the flame starts to show, and the black smoke shows up.  looks pretty good.

[Layne.]

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eufQxhlUEDU

When bombs are dropped you rarely see a big orange explosion or even red explosion because dirt, grass etc.. is picked up from the bombs force almost instantly, that is why it looked wierd.


Edit: This may be a better example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k42t9IRp ... re=related

[JakesF14]

thanks for the comments! see my screenshot of the IMPALA MK II firing on a tank. I did that explosion from aphoto of an explosion - not copied into the shot, but creating it myself, only using the picture as reference  :-)