Death of an Empire by starship64
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On this day, 75 years ago, naval forces of the United States of America and the Empire of Japan fought one of the most significant battles in history, near the island of Midway. As the sun rose on June 4, 1942, the Japanese were on the verge of winning the Pacific war. By the time it set, they had effectively lost it, although the fighting would drag on for another three years.
In this picture, Lt. Richard Best and ACRM James Murray of bombing squadron VB-6 are starting their bomb run against the Japanese carrier Akagi, flying a Douglas SBD-3 dive bomber off of the USS Enterprise (CV-6). They will score a direct hit, starting a fire that will burn out of control and result in the Akagi being abandoned early the next morning. Near the top of the picture can be seen another Dauntless crewed by Lt. (jg) Edwin Kroeger and RM3c Gail Halterman, who have just scored a near miss on the carrier. Later in the day, Best and Murray will successfully attack another carrier, the IJN Hiryu.
This picture was as much fun to research as it was to create. To produce the image, I had to alter the textures of the ship and both planes. For the ocean, I used the water plane from the fantastic Terra Dome 3 from DAZ. And then I fired up Photoshop Elements to turn the render into something reminiscent of a wartime photo.
I hope you'll all enjoy this tribute to the men who beat the odds that day, and thereby changed the course of the Second World War.
Comments (28)
rajib
Nice POV. Dramatic view.
Jean_C
A very realistic war scene, excellent work and tribute!
Richardphotos
outstanding composition and historical re-enactment
Leije
Impressive POV for this realistic scene, excellent tribute !
Kratoonz
Very nice
velleman
Very interesting historical restoration.
eekdog
Your best yet! Love the pov and action.
longprong
you have done a fantastic job on this.......very nice work :)
ikke.evc
In reality there where no aircraft on decks of the Japanese flattops. All arming and fueling was done in the hangar. And there the aircraft where waiting on the return of the strikeforce that attacked Midway. It's a common mistake, because it has always been told that way and shown (cf the movie Midway). But very nice render, realy well done.
junge1
Great render and fantastic historical accounting!
donnena
very cool!! Great Job!
Leilana
So dramatic - I like it!
goodoleboy
Terrific POV in this dramatic scene, a superbly rendered, high contrast concept. So real looking that it makes me dizzy just looking down at the action. Living in Los Angeles, I was around then, virtually on the front lines, and remember that do or die encounter well. Our torpedo bombers met with disaster so it was up to the Dauntless dive bombers to accomplish the vital task.
mtdana
Fantastic recreation and the presentation in B&W is perfect!!! Great scene setup and perspective!!!
ArtistKimberly
Fantastic Work,
Flint_Hawk
This is so well done! Very dramatic POV!
Traumsuse
What a pretty image
BellaDark
Fantastic perspective on this and great scene.:)
Cyve
Fantastic creation/composition !!!
blondeblurr
A very dramatic POV, - and fine realization Joe, let's just hope history doesn't repeat itself !
tuxedomask
Superb POV and colour chosen to represent the battle in this image .
mmitchell_houston
Thank you for your work, and for the stirring words you wrote to accompany it. With D-Day just two days away (at least on our memorial calendar), it's easy to overlook Midway. Thanks to you, it will be a long time before I do that again.
nefertiabet
Excellent work!!!
gaius
Dark though glorious day...super creation.
A_Sunbeam
Great camera angle!
Navi
Great historical render, nicely done ! :) The Japanese ships and submarines are interesting to see, because they had a very different design, compared to other countries's ships. I think they even made a kind of sub-marine (small) air-carrier Oo.
sossy
impressive pov and movement in this work! interesting infos also 😀
Deane
Great action scene and POV. Great work on the modelling, textures and effects!