The Clandestine Service by kjer_99
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Description
In the summer of 1943 on a bright moonlit night, a lone Avro Lancaster Mk.I passes above the sleeping Derbyshire countryside. It does not carry bombs but its payload of two intelligence operatives and a load of supplies destined for the French Resistence are as important to the Allied cause as the night time British and daytime American bomb runs over the German Impire. One of the operatives, a man, will drop into France by parachute. The other, a woman, will remain with the plane until it lands somewhere in occupied France and she is picked up by the Resistence, along with the supplies. You've got to admire an aircrew that regularly lands their large bomber in the dark, in a field, in enemy territory on a regular basis. They will also have passenger for the flight home--one an American fighter pilot shot down over northern France and a Frenchman, whose activities as an Allied spy has been compromised.
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Just an experiment with moonlight. A bit dark, but lighter just didn't look correct. Thanks to all who visited my gallery and to those who made comments on my past work. I appreciate it greatly.
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Terrain: "Northwest Derby" from the Vue 6 extras disk.
Aircraft: from the same disk.
Comments (16)
Wow!
Cool arial view and the right mood makes it plausible, but would yoi please stop delivering spys and resistance to my home ? lol, by now we are very peacefull
Very moodful! Great work!
cool idea! I like this very much, Jeremy.
Tough scene to do, but you pulled it off. Well done!
Very realistic scene!
Beautiful, very realistic! Well done
Wonderful Image Jeremy..
The darkness just adds more realism to the pic. Excellent job and writing.
Great job, Jeremy!
Superb piece of artistry. This would not have looked right if it had been brighter. I also appreciated your explanation of what we are seeing. We could do with more work of this calibre from some of our viewers. Excellent.
This is outstanding! I love the distant ground...excellent.
This is great. Use of few tones and textures give this one a very special feel.
Great picture and narrative.Very realistic with the water picked out by moonlight.
I get the feeling you're either an aeronautics afficionado or you're retired Air Force, or a commercial pilot. :) I read about the night bombings in the Second World War. I also had to read Catch-22 for my English class. Very sad book. Wonderful sense of intrigue here; like the other picture, I hope they all made it home.
I like dark. I like this....bravo again