The Flying Dutchman by Iceshark39
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The Dutchman Flies at Night
One of the most well known seafaring ghost ships known anywhere -- even the mention of the name sends shivers down the spines of seafarers and the curious alike - The Flying Dutchman!
The Flying Dutchman, according to folklore, is a ghost ship that can never go home, doomed to sail the oceans forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes glowing with ghostly light. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is a portent of doom.
The take by Disney not withstanding with Pirates of the Caribbean, she is one of the best known ghost ships along with the likes of the Mary Celeste (1872).
The Dutchman, a 17th Century sailing ship lost during a horrific storm off the Cape of Good Hope, there are more legends told of the Dutchman than most other nautical ghost tales combined.
Some say that the Captain, cursing his misfortune at being caught in a gale at the Cape, swore an oath to the skies that neither he, his ship or crew would find rest in this world, or the next, until their ship rounded the Cape even if it took until Judgment Day.
Other lore tells of the Captain making a deal with the Devil and, is, to this day, playing dice with the Devil for his soul. Or that the ship's crew was infested with the Plague and forbidden to return to port.
Among the 'legends' of the ship (again, Disney's versions not withstanding) one stands to say that when the Dutchman is spotted if she is hailed by another ship, her ghostly crew try to get messages across the void, to modern vessels to convey to family members long since deceased.
Another says every 100 years, on the anniversary of the disaster that ruined her, that one living soul may take the place of a crewman on the Dutchman to serve in their stead and that soul is free to then move on to the hereafter.
To this day there have been reported sightings of the famous ghost ship and it's appearance always a harbinger of ill tidings to any whose path she crosses.
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About the image ~~
There are six wailing faces of the Dutchman's cursed crew (no, the 'face' of the moon doesn't count) can you find all six lost souls?
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DAZ Pirate Ship - EvilClown
Background and base made with various brushes from Obsidian Dawn (www.obsidiandawn.com)
and lots of postwork in PSE7 and PhotoElements3
Lighting, posing and postwork by me
Comments (41)
SWard80
Wonderful image, I love the lightning effects all around the ship and how you can see it through the sails, and that swirling ghostly water is just awesome! Very spooky! Excellent history of the Dutchman as well!
Faemike55
Outstanding render! I found five of the six Well done Stacey on the render and the history(ies) of the Dutchman
atlas7
WOW ! Great job !! Great special effects !! 5+
renecyberdoc
first stacey thenks you for posting this little jewel,it came out great,and the story is interesting to the myths i mean, i think i saw the dutchman in amsterdam in 1969 but maybe it was the mescalin-trip. hihihi greets rene
PIERRE25
Jolis effets, belle image!
mininessie
great pic!
shotgung0d
Ow wow! This looks really cool! I managed to find five before my eyes told me to move on. Will return to claim the last in a few hours.
pops
Awesome image
wliebtposer
amazing work well done 5+
cujoe_da_man
that's what I was hoping for when I seen the name :P very nice
callad
Excellent work and story! The captains name supposedly was Willem van der Decken.. He would have been proud of this image!
magicmoondesigns
Excellent image, very spooky and very fitting for the accompanying story.
2121
excellent render on an old fable, well done
zaqxsw
Fantatic image Stacey! Really outstanding work with the background and lighting! Very creepy and well suited to the cursed subject!
magnus073
Great image here Stacey and gotta say the stories really brought it all to life. I notice you left one off though where it is on SpongeBob SquarePants as I watch that with my youngest niece. ;)
schonee
WOW OMG so cool.You really did an amazing job Hun!
dianas..creations
Wow, outstanding work really like it!!
ladyinblack
Fantastic work! Really wonderful image and great information :)
shadownet
I saw a flying Dutchman once, of course I was flying on Dutch Air. :O) Silliness aside, this is a fabulous render! 10+
Radar_rad-dude
An amazing image and a great backfill description!
Teufelseinhorn
Amazing!
myquad
Incredible image and history. Well done!
lyron
Very cool image!!
Syltermermaid
Wow, it looks fantastic and the atmosphere in this one is just amazing!!! marvelous work! Hugs Ute
watchman2005
Great idea and interesting anecdote, nice one!!!!
brewgirlca
Very well done image with outstanding special affects lighting. Surprised this was done in DAZ and not VUE. finely crafted off black and white. Very dramatic and your story is very well written.
junge1
Fantastic render!
lunchlady
Super cool image Stacey! I was expecting something from Spongebob Squarepants, lol!
kitzie21
I love the stormy mood of this piece, I can almost hear the fury of the storm. Very nicely done!
Valery3D
Stunning! I like the lightning effect! looks really like a Ghost ship! You did great!5++