Hi all,

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have any
number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the Columbus
ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal Navy or
something that says tall ship.

Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image libraries
or a website?

Thank you!
Cheers,
Math

"HonestMath" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have
any number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the
Columbus ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal Navy
or something that says tall ship.

Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image
libraries or a website?

Thank you!
Cheers,
Math

google images tall ships

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have
any number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the
Columbus ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal Navy
or something that says tall ship.

Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image
libraries or a website?

google images tall ships

I tried google images first, but unfortunately those images are all low
resolution. I need high quality images.

Other ideas?

Thanks,
Math

HonestMath wrote:

Hi all,

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have any
number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the Columbus
ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal Navy or
something that says tall ship.


Umm, you may not realize this, but there is a HUGE variation
between ship's rigs over a relatively small period of time,
furthrmore each goegraphic region has it's distinct hull
shapes & rig types. Anything you cobble together from such
vague idealizations is going to look like a cartoon.


Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image libraries
or a website?


try the usenet group
alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships
but there are also lots of pictures of modern ships to sort
through.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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HonestMath wrote:

Hi all,

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have
any number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the
Columbus ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal Navy
or something that says tall ship.


Umm, you may not realize this, but there is a HUGE variation between
ship's rigs over a relatively small period of time, furthrmore each
goegraphic region has it's distinct hull shapes & rig types. Anything you
cobble together from such vague idealizations is going to look like a
cartoon.


Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image
libraries or a website?


try the usenet group
alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships
but there are also lots of pictures of modern ships to sort through.

I realize there is substantial variation, but the exact type is not
important to the project. I am not overly particular about the type of tall
ship, but a transport from the late 1700's to 1800's is my preference, with
lots of puffy sales. I am clearly no ship expert, but the image will be
shown to non-experts so I'm not worried. I simply want a high-quality
image.

"HonestMath" wrote in message
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I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have
any number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the
Columbus ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal
Navy or something that says tall ship.

Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image
libraries or a website?

google images tall ships

I tried google images first, but unfortunately those images are all low
resolution. I need high quality images.

Other ideas?

Thanks,
Math



$0.38/image, high resolution:
http://www.dreamstime.com/tallships-image1106378

I think you have to register to use high resolution pics from this site:
http://www.acclaimimages.com/_galler...2713-2225.html

Go to http://tinyurl.com/h4wsa for others.

HonestMath wrote:
I realize there is substantial variation, but the exact type is not
important to the project. I am not overly particular about the type of tall
ship, but a transport from the late 1700's to 1800's is my preference, with
lots of puffy sales.

OK that narrows it down a bit. Unfortunately that is a type
not very popular with the historic societies that tend to
re-create naval vessels or later (more practical, and
usually smaller) types.


Instead of an images search, it may help you to do a web
search of home pages of various maritime historic societies,
and also training ships. This should get you into the ball
park and if you can't find a couple of good ones to
download, you can always email them.

Regards
Doug King

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:45:12 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

Some have mentioned it, probably the best bet for somebody to have
this type of hi-res image is alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships.

In fact, if you go back a couple of years using Google, I'd bet you'd
find exactly what you are looking for.

Unfortunately Google does not archive the binary news groups. Too
much space and a certain amount of legal liability I suspect.

HonestMath wrote:
Hi all,

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea.

Well, I suggest you head down to the local hobby shop, pick up the
model of your choice, build it, fill up the tub, hop in, and start
sketching.